''Hypolycaena asahi'' 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 ...

of 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 is found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

(including

Ambon Ambon may refer to: Places * Ambon Island, an island in Indonesia ** Ambon, Maluku, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province ** Governorate of Ambon, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796 * Ambon, Morbihan, a c ...

, central Maluku and

Seram Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent is ...

).On ''Hypolycaena'' from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male ''Hypolycaena asahi'' (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
/ref> The length of the forewings is about 13 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are metallic blue with dark borders. The forewing black border is about 1 mm wide at the tornus but rapidly widening along the termen to meet the costa at its midpoint, then running down to the base, but not quite entering the cell. The hindwings are black between veins seven and eight, and have a dark grey dorsal border. There is a small black tornal lobe with a white marginal streak. There are also white-tipped black tails.

References

Butterflies described in 2007 Hypolycaenini {{Theclinae-stub