Araotes lapithis

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Witch
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Araotes lapithis decolor Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Araotes
Species:
A. lapithis
Binomial name
Araotes lapithis
(Moore, 1857)

Araotes lapithis, the witch, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.

Subspecies

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  • A. l. lapithis Sikkim, Assam - South China, West Thailand, Myanmar
  • A. l. uruwela Fruhstorfer, 1912 southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo
  • A. l. arianus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan
  • A. l. decolor Fruhstorfer, 1899 Nias
  • A. l. archytas Fruhstorfer, 1912 Java

References

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  1. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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