Arhopala alea

Arhopala alea, the Kanara oakblue[2][3] or rosy oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is endemic to India. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.[2][3][4]

Rosy oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. alea
Binomial name
Arhopala alea
(Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia alea Hewitson, 1862[1]
  • Panchala alea (Hewitson, 1862)

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Male. Upperside, both wings violet-blue. Forewing with the outer margin rather broad. Hindwlng with the margins as broad as in the females of other species. Underside, both wings brown tinted with lilac. Forewing with the transverse band long and narrow, slightly curved. Hindwing with the band broken, ill-defined; the anal angle irrorated with white.

— Hewitson, Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum[1]

References
  1. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Hewitson, William Chapman (1862). Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 12. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 101. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. Swinhoe, Charles (1910–1911). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VIII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 179.


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