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

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family. It was described by

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in 1860. It is found in

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(Buru, Ambon, Serang, Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Sulawesi, Banggai and Selajar).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 cleander cleander'' (Buru, Ambon, Serang) *''Arhopala cleander incerta'' Moulton, 1911 (Borneo, Sumatra) *''Arhopala cleander aphadantas'' Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia) *''Arhopala cleander regia'' (Evans,

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(southern Burma, Thailand) *''Arhopala cleander apharida'' Corbet, 1941 (Lombok, Java) *''Arhopala cleander sostrata'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Sulawesi, Banggai, Selajar)

References

Arhopala Butterflies described in 1860 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder {{Theclinae-stub