Arhopala ganesa
Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.
Description
The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown.Subspecies
- A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
- A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
- A. g. seminigra West China, Hainan
- A. g. loomisi Japan