''Arhopala atosia '' 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

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 1869. 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 ...

- Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Pulau Laut (''A. a. atosia''), Thailand, Indochina, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (''A. a. malayana'' Bethune-Baker, 1903), Burma (''A. a. aria'' (Evans, 1932)), Langkawi, Mergui (''A. a. jahara'' Corbet, 1941) and Palawan (''A. a. aricia'' (Staudinger, 1889)).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 atosia atosia'' (Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Pulau Laut) *''Arhopala atosia malayana'' Bethune-Baker, 1903 (Thailand, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore) *''Arhopala atosia aria'' (Evans, 1932) (Burma) *''Arhopala atosia jahara'' Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui) *''Arhopala atosia aricia'' (Staudinger, 1889) (Palawan)

References

Arhopala Butterflies described in 1869 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Theclinae-stub