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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama)[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Pale Himalayan oakblue | |
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Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Male on left, the female is always larger | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. dodonaea |
Binomial name | |
Arhopala dodonaea | |
Synonyms | |
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Both male and female are blue with a broad border. The underside is grey. The female forewing termen is markedly crenulate.
The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan.[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.
William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]
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