Arhopala antimuta or small tailess oakblue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Small tailess oakblue
Arhopala antimuta in Rhopalocera Malayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. antimuta
Binomial name
Arhopala antimuta
(C. and R.Felder, 1865 [1]
Arhopala antimuta and other Arhopala Wilcocks collection

A. antimutaFldr. is allied to metamuta and hypomuta and entirely resembles above gunongensis, except that the black margin of the male wings is somewhat broader and the whole insect smaller.[3]


Subspecies

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  • A. a. antimuta Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias, Natuna
  • A. a. timana Corbet, 1941 Borneo, Bangka

References

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  1. ^ Felder,C.and Felder, R.1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls
  2. ^ Seki, Y, Takanami,Y.and Otsuka, K 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo
  3. ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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