- Source: Arhopala paraganesa
Arhopala paraganesa, the dusky bushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1882. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Description
As the name indicates, it is above already very similar to ganesa (Vol. I. the above violettish blue with a broad black marginal band; beneath the spots and bands are deep chocolate brown, encircled with white, and situate on a dull earth-brown ground which is whitish in some places. — zephyretta Doh. represents the species in Assam; here both sexes are above quite blackish-brown, only in the area of the discal cell there is lustrous bluish colouring.
Subspecies
A. p. paraganesa (northern India, Nepal, Sikkim)
A. p. zephyretta (Doherty, 1891) (Assam, northern Burma, central Burma, western Thailand)
A. p. mendava Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia)
A. p. hammon Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Java)
A. p. dusunensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971 (Borneo)
A. p. tomokoae (Hayashi, 1976) (Philippines: Palawan)
A. p. felipa Lamas, 2008 (Philippines: Palawan)
A. p. insula Lamas, 2008 (Hainan)
References
External links
Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms