- Source: Arhopala ate
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.
Description
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.
Subspecies
A. a. ate Ambon, Serang
A. a. aruana (Evans, 1957) Aru
A. a. jobina (Evans, 1957) Jobi, Biak, Noemfoor, New Guinea
References
External links
Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
