Arhopala camdeo, the lilac oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Sikkim to Assam, Bhutan, Manipur, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. camdeo
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Easily recognised by the colouring above; the male is very light sky-blue, with a large white discal spot. Wings of female broadly and irregularly margined. Beneath all the transverse bands are broken up into rows of ring-spots.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Arhopala camdeo camdeo (India: Sikkim to Assam, Bhutan, Manipur, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Arhopala camdeo sebonga Tytler, 1926 (India)
References
edit- ^ Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala camdeo.
- Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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