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Buddha Oakblue

Arhopala buddha

Classification

Class
Insecta

Arhopala buddha is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Mergui, Peninsular Malaya, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Siberut, the Philippines and Java). Description Above lustrous light blue with a black marginal band in the male of more than 2 mm width, exhibits beneath the postmedian band of the forewing only feebly bent.

Distribution

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