Arhopala alax

Species of butterfly

Silky oakblue
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. alax
Binomial name
*Arhopala alax* (Evans, 1932)
Synonyms
Amblypodia alax Evans, 1932

Arhopala alax, the silky oakblue,^[1] (sometimes placed in Amblypodia)^[2]^[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly has been found in India from Manipur onto Dawnas. ^[2]^[4]

Status

William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.^[4]

Cited references

^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b "Amblypodia Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia alax". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ ^a ^b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 263, ser no H49.35.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Arhopala alax.

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.