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Purple-glazed Oakblue

Arhopala agaba

1 Species ID Suggestions

Lycaenid butterfly
Arhopala sp. Arhopala


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4 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Great news Viv! I'm glad I left it at genus level :-)

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

Hi Daniele1 I got an ident from Les .. he had found the butterfly on Koh Samui as well.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 9 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion Daniele .. I have posted the pic to a local FB Butterfly page of which Les Day/Samui Butterflies is a member

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi Viv! This one is in the genus Arhopala. Close to Arhopala athada but some small pattern differences to my eyes... I hope you can get closer or someone else can help further.
http://www.samuibutterflies.com/insects/...

VivBraznell
Spotted by
VivBraznell

Thailand

Spotted on Jun 27, 2014
Submitted on Jun 28, 2014

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