''Arhopala aedias'', the large metallic oakblue, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 ...

belonging to the lycaenid family 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

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(Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo and the Philippines). Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175

Subspecies

*''Arhopala aedias aedias'' (Java) *'' Arhopala aedias yendava'' (Grose-Smith, 1887) (Burma: Karen Hills, Yendaw Valley, Ataran) *''Arhopala aedias meritatas'' Corbet, 1941 (Mergui, southern Burma, Langkawi) *''Arhopala aedias agnis'' C. & R. Felder,

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/small> (Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Nias, Borneo) *''Arhopala aedias oenotria'' (Hewitson, 1869) (Mindanao)

References

External links

"''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 7, 2017. Arhopala Butterflies described in 1862 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson Butterflies of Asia {{Theclinae-stub