''Arhopala zambra'', the Zambra 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

Charles Swinhoe Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838, in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...

in 1911. 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 ...

(Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Nia, Borneo, Bawean, Bangka, Java, the Philippines).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 zambra zambra'' (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Nias, Borneo, Bawean, Bangka, Java) *''Arhopala zambra plateni'' (Evans, 1957) (Philippines: Mindanao) *''Arhopala zambra triviata'' Seki, 1994 (Philippines: Negros) *''Arhopala zambra kitamurai'' Seki, 1994 (Philippines: Mindoro)

References

External links

* Arhopala Butterflies described in 1911 Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe Butterflies of Asia {{Theclinae-stub