Arhopala pseudomuta

Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p. )pseudomuta),Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941),Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957) )[2][3]

Arhopala pseudomuta
Arhopala pseudomuta Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. pseudomuta
Binomial name
Arhopala pseudomuta
(Staudinger, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia pseudomuta Staudinger, 1889
  • Arhopala rafflesii de Nicéville, 1890
  • Arhopala epibata Corbet, 1948
  • Arhopala ariavana Corbet, 1941
  • Narathura mindanensis contra Evans, 1957

Subspecies
  • Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
  • Arhopala pseudomuta ariavana Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand)
  • Arhopala pseudomuta contra (Evans, 1957) (Sumatra, Borneo)

Etymology

The English name honours Stamford Raffles.

References
  1. Staudinger, O., 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 2(1): 3-180, pls. 1, 2.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  3. 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.
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