Arhopala silhetensis
Arhopala silhetensis, the Sylhet oakblue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.
[Image:ArhsilmCrop.jpg|thumb|230px|left|Female]
Description
Male forewing 25 mm., bright shining blue, border 1 mm.Female lighter blue, border 4 mm. Belowsomewhat ochreous brown, no purple wash. Above very similar to Arhopala malayica, but easily discernible by the reduction of the marking beneath, where the spots in the forewing are almost obsolete and the submarginal band is only represented by a nebulous stripe]. The female is not unlike that of Arhopala eumolphus, but easily distinguishable by the blue colouring above and the less lustrous under surface.
Subspecies
- A. s. silhetensis Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, ?Indo China
- A. s. adorea de Nicéville, 1890 Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo
- A. s. fundania Fruhstorfer, 1914 Java
- A. s. malayica Bethune-Baker, 1903 Philippines, Java?
- A. s. philippina Philippines