''Arhopala similis'' is a species of butterfly belonging to the
lycaenid family described by
Hamilton Herbert Druce
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846– ...
in 1895. 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, Sumatra, Borneo, Lingga).
[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.]
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Arhopala
Butterflies described in 1895
Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce
Butterflies of Asia
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