Arhopala philander
Arhopala philander, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm.
Subspecies
- A. p. philander Obi, Bachan, Halmahera, Gebe, Sanghihe -looks beneath almost like a small tyrannus, but the postmedian band of the hindwing beneath is before the base of the little tail curved towards the hind-margin which it almost reaches. The spots and bands are distinctly light-edged. Distinguished from the similar meander by the uniformly brown under surface with a narrower transverse band, from hylander by the transverse band in the hindwing not being flawed.
- A. p. leander New Guinea, Aru, Misool, Waigeu, Geelvink Bay, Karkar Island
- A. p. ander New Guinea
- A. p. pratti Mioswar Island
- A. p. gander Fergusson Island
- A. p. meeki New Hanover
- A. p. gazella Fruhstorfer, 1914 Witu Island, New Britain -exhibits more brightly blue-coloured males, and the under-surface is of a deeper red-brown with a slight violet or purple reflection, the metallic spots of the anal region are of a magnificent emerald-green gloss.
- A. p. eichhorn i New Ireland