''Arhopala pseudomuta'', Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was 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 ...

- Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (''A. p. )pseudomuta''),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (''A. p. ariavana'' Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (''A. p. contra'' (Evans, 1957) )Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology'', 5(3): 85–141.

Subspecies

*''Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta'' (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore) *''Arhopala pseudomuta ariavana'' Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand) *''Arhopala pseudomuta contra'' (Evans, 1957) (Sumatra, Borneo)

Etymology

The English name honours

Stamford Raffles Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824. He is ...

References

External links

"''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Arhopala Butterflies described in 1889 Taxa named by Otto Staudinger Butterflies of Asia {{Theclinae-stub