Centaur Oakblue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Arhopala centaurus
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Plain lands,Forests
Description : The Centaur Oakblue butterfly has a wingspan about 42 mm. In males, the upperside is shiny purple with brown black margins, while the hindwings bear black spots.Upperside colour is paler in the female than the male. Forewings of females with broad black borders.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Euchrysops cnejus
(Gram Blue) -
Anthene lycaenina
(Pointed Ciliate Blue) -
Catochrysops strabo
(Forget Me Not) -
Zizeeria karsandra
(Dark Grass Blue) -
Neopithecops zalmora
(Quaker) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Cigaritis ictis
(Shot Silverline) -
Arhopala eumolphus
(Green Oakblue) -
Dacalana penicilligera
(Double-tufted Royal) -
Hypolycaena erylus
(Common Tit)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 113–114.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.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, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 113–114.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.