Arhopala auxesia | |
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From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. auxesia
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Binomial name | |
Arhopala auxesia | |
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Arhopala auxesia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is found in New Guinea and Sumatra. [2] The upper surface of the male is of a bright light bluish-green with a broad dark marginal band, the female dark violettish-blue, with a still broader margin. Beneath distinguished by the spots of the hindwing being also very prominently dark brown. [3]