''Arhopala vihara,'' the Large Spotted Oakblue'','' is a species of butterfly belonging to the

lycaenid 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 ...

family described by (

Cajetan Felder Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder ...

and

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection. Works *with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopte ...

in 1860. 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 ...

(Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Natuna, Borneo, Nias, Mergui, Langkawi, Pagi Island).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 vihara vihara'' (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Natuna, Borneo, possibly Nias) *''Arhopala vihara hirava'' Corbet, 1941 (southern Burma, Mergui, Langkawi) *''Arhopala vihara pagia'' Corbet, 1941 (northern Pagi Island)

References

External links

"''Arhopala'' Boisduval, 1832"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Arhopala Butterflies described in 1860 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Theclinae-stub