Arhopala alax

Arhopala alax, the silky oakblue,[1] (sometimes placed in Amblypodia)[2][3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly has been found in India from Manipur onto Dawnas. [2][4]

William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]

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"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Amblypodia Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia alax". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 263, ser no H49.35.

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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