Arhopala hesba


Arhopala hesba is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where it is endemic to the Philippines.

Description

The male is above lustrous sky-blue, not violet as the preceding species and with a black margin of 1.5 to 2 mm. Beneath the dark sepia-coloured spots are very conspicuous in the light
red-brown ground-colour. The female is above similar to the male but the wings do not exhibit the bright Morpho lustre of the males.