''Arhopala metamuta'' is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It was described by
William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
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[ Seki, Y, Takanami,Y.and Otsuka, K 1991. ''Butterflies of Borneo'' Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo]
Subspecies
*''A. m. metamuta'' Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
*''A. m. hilda''
(Evans, 1957) Borneo
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 1863