Arhopala sophrosyne
Species of butterfly
| Arhopala sophrosyne | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. sophrosyne |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala sophrosyne Grose-Smith, 1889[1] | |
Arhopala sophrosyne is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1889. It is found in the Australasian realm (New Ireland, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville).
Description
It has, in the male forewing, which is above of a lustrous sky-blue, the costal area darkened by ultra-marine, whilst in the female the costal parts of all the wings are black. Easily discernible by the under surface where we notice in the chestnut-brown proximal parts of the wings small ring-spots distinctly surrounded by white. [2] [3]
Named in the Classical tradition for Sophrosyne.
References
- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889 Descriptions of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. C.M. Woodford in the Solomon Islands Ent. mon. Mag. 25 : 299-303
- ^ D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links
Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala sophrosyne.
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
