''Arhopala thamyras'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. It was described by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

in 1758. It is found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

Subspecies

*''A. t. thamyras'' (Buru, Ambon, Serang) *''A. t. phryxus'' Boisduval, 1832 (Waigeu - Solomons) *''A. t. minnetta'' (Butler, 1882) (Bismarck Archipelago) *''A. t. anthore'' (Hewitson, 1862) (Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate) *''A. t. anthelius'' (Staudinger, 1888) (Kai, Aru, Misool)

References

External links

''Arhopala''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Arhopala Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Butterflies of Oceania {{Theclinae-stub