''Arhopala epimete'', the violetdisc oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and indi ...

in 1889. 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, Palawan, Burma, Mergui, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya and Sumatra). 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 epimete epimete'' (Borneo, Palawan) *''Arhopala epimete duessa'' Doherty, 1889 (southern Burma, Mergui, Langkawi) *''Arhopala epimete suedas'' Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, possibly Sumatra) *''Arhopala epimete magindana'' Osada, 1987 (Philippines: north-eastern Mindanao)

References

Arhopala Butterflies described in 1889 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Theclinae-stub