Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Arhopala agaba | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Arhopala Rank Subspecies | |
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Similar Arhopala alesia, Arhopala opalina, Arhopala silhetensis, Arhopala allata, Arhopala horsfieldi | ||
Arhopala agaba, the purple-glazed oakblue, (sometimes placed in Amblypodia) is a small butterfly found from India to Thailand, Langkawi, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia to the Philippines and Sumatra that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Manipur to northern Myanmar and from Karens to southern Myanmar. It is not rare from Karens to southern Myanmar, but rare elsewhere.
References
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