''Arhopala achelous'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid family that was described by
William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...
in 1862. It is found in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
(Peninsular Malaya, Singapore and Borneo).
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175]
Subspecies
*''Arhopala achelous achelous''
*''Arhopala achelous malu''
Corbet, 1946 (Mergui)
Gallery
File:ArhopalaAchelousHew1862MUpUnAC1.jpg
File:Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera British Museum Catalogue V.jpg
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File:Close wing position of Arhopala abseus, Hewitson, 1862– Aberrant Oakblue WLB.jpg
References
External links
"''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
Arhopala
Butterflies described in 1862
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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