''Arhopala democritus'' or white-dot oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid family described by
Johann Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...
in 1793. 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 south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
(Burma, Thailand, Mergui, Indochina, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo).
[ Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'' 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur]
Subspecies
*''Arhopala democritus democritus'' (Burma, Thailand, Mergui, Indo China, Langkawi, northern Peninsular Malaysia)
*''Arhopala democritus lycaenaria''
(C. & R. Felder, 1860) (southern Peninsular Malaya, Singapore)
*''Arhopala democritus buxtoni''
(Hewitson, 1878) Sumatra
*''Arhopala democritus olinda''
(Druce, 1873) Borneo
File:OlindaMUpUn 571 AC1.jpg , ''Arhopala democritus olinda''
References
Arhopala
Butterflies described in 1793
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
Butterflies of Asia
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