Arhopala eucolpis
species of insect
Arhopala eucolpis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch in 1877. It is found in the Australasian realm.
It may be a subspecies of Arhopala admete (Hewitson, 1863).
Subspecies
Arhopala eucolpis eucolpis (Waigeu, Misool, Jobi, West Irian to Papua, Goodenough, Yela, Tagula)
Arhopala eucolpis sudesta (Evans, 1957) (Tagula, Yela)
References
External links
Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
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