''Arhopala kiriwinii'' is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It was described by
George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the
Australasian realm (Trobriand Island, Fergusson Island, Woodlar Island, and New Guinea).
Description
It resembles very much ''
Arhopala centaurus
''Arhopala centaurus'', the centaur oakblue or dull oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in India and southeast Asia to the Philippines.
Description
Image:Centaur Oakblue Nilasera centaurus at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal ...
'', particularly on the under surface which
is intermediary between the latter and ''
micale''. Of the 3 spots in the cell of the forewing beneath the proximal one is by far the smallest. Easily discernible from ''centaurus'' by the light, intensely bright blue of the upper surface in the male; the female is still lighter blue, but on both its wings the costa and the margin are broad black.
[Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln ]
References
External links
''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
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Arhopala
Butterflies described in 1903