''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 File:IllustrationsDiurnalLepidopteraPlate5.jpg 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 {{Theclinae-stub