Arhopala dispar or frosted oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Norman Denbigh Riley and Edward John Godfrey in 1921. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Arhopala dispar
Arhopala dispar male from original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. dispar
Binomial name
Arhopala dispar
Riley & Godfrey, 1921 [1]

Subspecies

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  • A. d. dispar Thailand, Burma
  • A. d. pendleburyi Corbet, 1941 Peninsular Malaya

References

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  1. ^ Riley & Godfrey, 1921 J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4 (3): 183, pl. 6, f. 8
  2. ^ Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
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