''Arhopala athada'', the vinous oakblue 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 ...

- Singapore, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean (''A. a. athada''), Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand (''A. a. apha'' de Nicéville, 1895) and the Philippines (''A. a. wilemani'' (Evans, 1957)).Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the ''Arhopala'' group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera:Rhopalocera) ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology'' SSN 5(3): 85–141

Subspecies

*''Arhopala athada athada'' (Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Bawean) *''Arhopala athada apha'' de Nicéville, 1895 (Assam, Burma, Mergui, Thailand) *''Arhopala athada wilemani'' (Evans, 1957) (Philippines: Mindanao) *''Arhopala athada minor'' (Evans, 1957) (Bachan) *''Arhopala athada baweana'' Eliot, 1972 (Bawean)

References

Arhopala Butterflies described in 1889 Taxa named by Otto Staudinger Butterflies of Asia {{Theclinae-stub