Arhopala dodonaea

Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama)[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Pale Himalayan oakblue
Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Male on left, the female is always larger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. dodonaea
Binomial name
Arhopala dodonaea Moore, 1857[1][2]
Synonyms
Amblypodia dodonaea Moore, 1857[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan.[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.

Status

William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
2. Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo. 31 (1): 9. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
4. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.