''Arhopala semperi '' 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

George Thomas Bethune-Baker George Thomas Bethune-Baker (20 July 1857, in Birmingham – 1 December 1944, in Eastbourne) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially those in the family Lycaenidae of butterflies. His collection is partly in the M ...

in 1896. 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 ...

(Borneo) and as ''A. s. russelli'' Eliot, 1962 in Peninsular Malaya. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 The specific name honours

Georg Semper Georg Semper 1863

Georg Semper (August 3, 1837 in Altona, Hamburg � ...

References

External links

''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 3, 2017. {{Taxonbar, from=Q13394632 Arhopala Butterflies described in 1896