Arhopala hellenore
Arhopala hellenore, Doherty's green oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Doherty in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Assam, Manipur, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Indo China, Hainan Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya.
Description
Very similar to Arhopala eumolphus but more pointed and longer wings, and beneath the coffee-brown markings are more intensely prominent in the whitish greyish-brown ground-colour.
Subspecies
- Arhopala hellenore hellenore
- Arhopala hellenore siroes Fruhstorfer, 1914 - the male has such a narrow dark margin of the wings, that it is hardly yet recognisable in the apex of the forewing. Beneath the markings are particularly dark and surrounded by a bright white colour.