page_title: Arhopala
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Arhopala / Systematics / Species
caption_attribution_description: Arhopala opalina
context_page_description: Arhopala is a very large genus of gossamer-winged butterflies. They are the type genus of the tribe Arhopalini. In the relatively wide circumscription used here, it contains over 200 species collectively known as oakblues. They occur from Japan throughout temperate to tropical Asia south and east of the Himalayas to Australia and the Solomon Islands of Melanesia. Like many of their relatives, their caterpillars are attended and protected by ants. Sexual dichromatism is often prominent in adult oakblues.
  The genus' delimitation versus Amblypodia and Flos has proven to be problematic; not all issues are resolved and the assignment of species to these genera must be considered somewhat provisional.
context_section_description: Species are listed alphabetically, while the groups are listed in the presumed phylogenetic sequence:
  
  
   
  centaurus group (subgenus Nilasera if  valid)
  Arhopala acron
  Arhopala adherbal Grose-Smith, 1902
  Arhopala admete (Hewitson, 1863)
  Arhopala aexone (Hewitson, [1863])
  Arhopala alkisthenes Fruhstorfer, 1914
  Arhopala amantes – large oakblue
  Arhopala ander
  Arhopala araxes C. & R.Felder, [1865]
  Arhopala azenia
  Arhopala centaurus – centaur oakblue, dull oakblue
  Arhopala eucolpis
  Arhopala eurisus
  Arhopala kirwinii Bethune-Baker, 1903
  Arhopala leander (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala madytus – bright oakblue
  Arhopala meander Boisduval, 1832
  Arhopala micale
  Arhopala philander C. & R.Felder, [1865]
  Arhopala pseudocentaurus (Doubleday, 1847)
  Arhopala sophrosyne
  Arhopala styx
  Arhopala wanda
  agesias group
  Arhopala agesias (Hewitson, 1862)
  Arhopala ijanensis Bethune-Baker, 1897 (tentatively placed here)
  Arhopala kinabala Druce, 1895
  Arhopala similis Druce, 1895
  anthelus group (subgenus Narathura if valid)
  Arhopala achelous (Hewitson, 1862)
  Arhopala antharita Grose-Smith, 1894
  Arhopala anthelus – anthelus bushblue
  Arhopala auxesia
  Arhopala aedias (Hewitson, 1862) (tentatively placed here)
  Arhopala hypomuta (Hewitson, 1862) (tentatively placed here)
  camdeo group
  camdeo subgroup
  Arhopala anarte (Hewitson, 1862) – magnificent oakblue
  Arhopala belphoebe Doherty, 1889
  Arhopala camdana Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala camdeo (Moore, [1858]) – lilac oakblue
  Arhopala dispar Riley & Godfrey, 1921
  Arhopala hayashihisakazui Seki & Treadaway, 2013
  Arhopala hellada Fruhstorfer, 1914
  Arhopala johoreana Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala opalina – opal oakblue
  Arhopala semperi Bethune-Baker, 1896
  Arhopala varro Fruhstorfer, 1914
  myrzala subgroup
  Arhopala bazaloides – Tamil oakblue
  Arhopala myrzala (Hewitson, 1869)
  Arhopala myrzalina Corbet, 1941
  oenea group
  Arhopala allata
  Arhopala allata suffusa – Tytler's rosy oakblue
  Arhopala khamti Doherty, 1891 – Khamti oakblue, Doherty's dull oakblue
  Arhopala oenea (Hewitson, 1869) – Hewitson's oakblue
  epimuta group
  Arhopala atosia (Hewitson, [1863])
  Arhopala epimuta (Moore, [1858])
  Arhopala lurida Corbet, 1941
  amphimuta group
  amphimuta subgroup
  Arhopala alica (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala amphimuta (C. & R.Felder, 1860)
  Arhopala avathina Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala baluensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
  Arhopala dajagaka Bethune-Baker, 1896
  Arhopala delta (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala inornata (C. & R.Felder, 1860) (tentatively placed here)
  Arhopala kurzi (Distant, 1885)
  Arhopala major (Staudinger, 1889)
  Arhopala moolaiana (Moore, [1879])
  Arhopala norda (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala sceva Bethune-Baker, 1903
  Arhopala stubbsi Eliot, 1962
  Arhopala zylda Corbet, 1941
  muta subgroup
  Arhopala moorei Bethune-Baker, 1896
  Arhopala muta (Hewitson, 1862)
  Arhopala tropaea Corbet, 1941
  perimuta subgroup (subgenus Darasana if valid)
  Arhopala antimuta C. & R.Felder, [1865]
  Arhopala metamuta (Hewitson, [1863])
  Arhopala perimuta (Moore, [1858]) – yellow-disk tailless oakblue
  agesilaus group
  Arhopala agesilaus (Staudinger, 1889)
  Arhopala avatha de Nicéville, [1896]
  Arhopala democritus (Fabricius, 1793) (tentatively placed here)
  alitaeus group
  Arhopala aida de Nicéville, 1889
  Arhopala alitaeus
  Arhopala ariana (Evans, [1925])
  Arhopala arianaga Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala denta (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala elopura Druce, 1894
  Arhopala havilandi Bethune-Baker, 1896
  Arhopala pseudomuta (Staudinger, 1889)
  Arhopala sintanga Corbet, 1948
   
  agrata group
  Arhopala ace de Nicéville, [1893] – Tytler's oakblue
  Arhopala agrata – de Niceville's oakblue
  Arhopala azinis de Nicéville, [1896]
  cleander group
  cleander subgroup
  Arhopala aruana (Evans, 1957)
  Arhopala ate (Hewitson, 1863)
  Arhopala athada (Staudinger, 1889)
  Arhopala cleander (C.Felder, 1860)
  Arhopala silhetensis – Sylhet oakblue
  Arhopala zambra Swinhoe, [1911]
  alea subgroup
  Arhopala aenigma Eliot, 1972
  Arhopala agaba – purple-glazed oakblue
  Arhopala alea – rosy oakblue
  Arhopala aroa (Hewitson, [1863])
  Arhopala aurelia (Evans, [1925])
  Arhopala evansi Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala milleri Corbet, 1941
  Arhopala normani Eliot, 1972
  Arhopala phaenops C. & R.Felder, [1865] (inc
caption: Male opal oakblue (Arhopala opalina: camdeo group)
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