Arhopala ijanensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1897. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Mergui, and Langkawi).[2]

Arhopala ijanensis
Arhopala ijanensis in Bethune-Baker, 1903 A Revision of the Amblypodia Group Fig 28
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species:
A. ijanensis
Binomial name
Arhopala ijanensis

Easily recognized by the smalt blue upper surface, and the under surface being bright dark brown on a light ochreous-brown ground.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bethune -Baker, 1897 Four new Species of Arhopala Ent. mon. Mag. 33 : 202-205 .
  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.
  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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