| Witch | |
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| Araotes lapithis decolor Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Araotes |
| Species: | A. lapithis
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| Binomial name | |
| Araotes lapithis (Moore, 1857)
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.