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

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family described by

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in 1858. It is found in

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(Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore 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 epimuta epimuta'' (Borneo) *''Arhopala epimuta epiala'' Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra) *''Arhopala epimuta elsiei'' Evans,

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References

Arhopala Butterflies described in 1858 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Theclinae-stub