Large Oakblue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Arhopala amantes
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Forests,Small bueshes
Description : The male has a dark shiny purple-blue upper side with black lines on the costal and outer margins of the wings. The underside is grey with a pinkish-brown tint, and the forewing has spots and bands of chocolate-brown edged with bluish-white. The hindwing also has brown spots and bands with bluish-white edges. The female is similar but paler and brighter blue on the upper side, with broader black bands on the wings. The underside is the same as the male. Both have black antennae, black palpi above and whitish beneath, and blackish-brown above the head and body, and grey underneath.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Prosotas nora
(Common Lineblue) -
Spalgis epius
(Apefly) -
Catochrysops strabo
(Forget Me Not) -
Zizula hylax
(Tiny Grass Blue) -
Cheritra freja
(Common Imperial) -
Iraota timoleon
(Silverstreak Blue) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Hypolycaena erylus
(Common Tit) -
Rathinda amor
(Monkey Puzzle) -
Jamides celeno
(Common Cerulean)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.wildreach.com;photo credit:Subhajit Roy(www.inaturalist.org/people/Subhajit Roy),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, www.wildreach.com;photo credit:Subhajit Roy(www.inaturalist.org/people/Subhajit Roy),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.