''Arhopala atrax'', the dark broken-band oakblue or Indian oakblue, is a species of

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 ...

or blue

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 ...

found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

(India, Myanmar to Malaya).

Description

File:AtraxMFUpUn 624 AC1.jpg, ''Arhopala atrax'' Courvoisier Collection, Basel

References

Arhopala Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson Butterflies described in 1862 {{Theclinae-stub