''Araotes lapithis'', the witch, is a small

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1857.

Subspecies

*''A. l. lapithis'' Sikkim, Assam - South China, West Thailand, Myanmar *''A. l. uruwela'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo *''A. l. arianus'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan *''A. l. decolor'' Fruhstorfer, 1899 Nias *''A. l. archytas'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 Java

References

* * Butterflies of Asia Deudorigini Taxa named by Frederic Moore Butterflies described in 1857 {{Theclinae-stub