''Arhopala centaurus'', the centaur oakblue or dull oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in India and

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Description

Image:Centaur Oakblue Nilasera centaurus at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W IMG 5336.jpg, At Jayanti in

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Subspecies

*''A. c. centaurus'' Kangean, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, mainland New Guinea, Torres Strait islands, northern Australia (QLD), Moa Is. *''A. c. asopus'' Waterhouse & Lyell,

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northern & northwestern Australia (NT), Koolan Is. *''A. c. nakula'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Singkep, Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka *''A. c. aglais'' C. & R. Felder,

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Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao) *''A. c. coruscans'' Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 Andamans *''A. c. pirama'' (Moore, 881 Ceylon, South India *''A. c. pirithous'' ( Moore, 884 North India, Assam, Sikkim, S.China, Hainan *''A. c. centenitus'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 Batu, Pagi *''A. c. dixoni'' Eliot, 1978 Malaysia *''A. c. cuyoensis'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Cuyo) *''A. c. babuyana'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Babuyanes) *''A. c. decimarie'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Homonhon) *''A. c. dinacola'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Dinagat)

Biology

The larva feeds on ''

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Terminalia paniculata ''Terminalia paniculata'' is a tree native to southwest India (including the Western Ghats and Karnataka). Known in the timber trade as kindal, it has a variety of names in local languages. It is economically important for wood, medicinal uses, ...

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Mangifera indica ''Mangifera indica'', commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a large fruit tree, capable of growing to a height of . There are two distinct genetic populations in modern mangoesthe "Indian ty ...

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References

External links

Arhopala Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Theclinae-stub