Arhopala ate

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Arhopala ate
Arhopala ate from original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. ate
Binomial name
Arhopala ate
(Hewitson, 1863) [1]

Arhopala ate is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2] [3]

ate (a) with related species

Description[edit]

Male above violettish-blue, but covered with a dark shadow and therefore not brightly glaring. Beneath the cross-bands are very straight and, like the scanty small proximal spots, surrounded with a light colour.[4]

Subspecies[edit]

  • A. a. ate Ambon, Serang
  • A. a. aruana (Evans, 1957) Aru
  • A. a. jobina (Evans, 1957) Jobi, Biak, Noemfoor, New Guinea

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls.
  2. ^ D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  4. ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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