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Oakblues
Arhopala
Arhopala is a very large genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). They are the type genus of the tribe Arhopalini. In the relatively wide circumscription used here, it contains over 200 species collectively known as oakblues. They occur from Japan throughout temperate to tropical Asia south and east of the Himalayas to Australia and the Solomon Islands of Melanesia. Like many of their relatives, their caterpillars are attended and protected by ants (myrmecophily). Sexual dichromatism is often...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dull Oak-blue
speciesArhopala centaurus
Japanese Oakblue
speciesArhopala japonica
Powdered Oakblue
speciesArhopala bazalus
Shining Oak-blue
speciesArhopala micale
Aberrant Oakblue
speciesArhopala abseus
Large Oakblue
speciesArhopala amantes
Major Yellow Oakblue
speciesArhopala major
Burmese Bushblue
speciesArhopala birmana
Purple Oak-blue
speciesArhopala eupolis
Bright Oak-blue
speciesArhopala madytus
Tailess Disc Oakblue
speciesArhopala epimuta
Indian Oakblue
speciesArhopala atrax
Dark Himalayan Oakblue
speciesArhopala rama
Tailed Disc Oakblue
speciesArhopala atosia
Vinous Oakblue
speciesArhopala athada
White-dot Oakblue
speciesArhopala democritus
Raffles's oakblue
speciesArhopala pseudomuta
Sylhet Oakblue
speciesArhopala silhetensis
Yellowdisc Oakblue
speciesArhopala perimuta
Green Oakblue
speciesArhopala eumolphus
Hooked Oakblue
speciesArhopala paramuta
Small Tailless Oakblue
speciesArhopala antimuta
Broad Yellow Oakblue
speciesArhopala amphimuta
Large Metallic Oakblue
speciesArhopala aedias
Tailless Bushblue
speciesArhopala ganesa
Purple Broken-band Oakblue
speciesArhopala alitaeus
Magnificent Oakblue
speciesArhopala anthelus
Green-suffused Oakblue
speciesArhopala trogon
Long-celled Oakblue
speciesArhopala aurea
Purple-glazed Oakblue
speciesArhopala agaba
Spotless Oakblue
speciesArhopala fulla
De Nicéville's Oakblue
speciesArhopala agrata
Mutal Oakblue
speciesArhopala muta
White Oak-blue
speciesArhopala wildei
Arhopala araxes
speciesArhopala araxes
Yellow Tailed Oakblue
speciesArhopala elopura
Malayan Oakblue
speciesArhopala myrzala
Ultramarine Oakblue
speciesArhopala corinda
White-stained Oakblue
speciesArhopala aida
Bright Oakblue
speciesArhopala sublustris
Tamil Oakblue
speciesArhopala bazaloides
Arhopala thamyras
speciesArhopala thamyras
Pale Yellow Oakblue
speciesArhopala moolaiana
Sumatran Oakblue
speciesArhopala phaenops
Arhopala stinga
speciesArhopala stinga
White-banded Oakblue
speciesArhopala ijanensis
pale Himalayan oakblue
speciesArhopala dodonaea
Arhopala acetes
speciesArhopala acetes
Doherty's Green Oakblue
speciesArhopala hellenore
Violet Oakblue
speciesArhopala hypomuta
Plain Tailess Oakblue
speciesArhopala asopia
Langkawi Yellow Oakblue
speciesArhopala norda
Arhopala hercules
speciesArhopala hercules
Arhopala wildeyana
speciesArhopala wildeyana
Lesser Disc Oakblue
speciesArhopala lurida
Gray-washed Oakblue
speciesArhopala aurelia
Kanara Oakblue
speciesArhopala alea
Buddha Oakblue
speciesArhopala buddha
Arhopala achelous
speciesArhopala achelous
Pinkish-washed Oakblue
speciesArhopala ariana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125511.