''Arhopala agesilaus'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

family described by

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and indi ...

in 1889. 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 ...

(Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Mergui, Bangka, 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 agesilaus agesilaus'' (Borneo) *''Arhopala agesilaus gesa'' Corbet, 1941 (Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Mergui, Bangka) *''Arhopala agesilaus philippa'' (Evans, 1957) (Mindanao, Mindoro)

References

External links

"''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 7, 2017. Arhopala Butterflies described in 1889 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Theclinae-stub