Arhopala epimuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Frederic Moore in 1858."Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017. It is found in Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore and Sumatra).Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur
epimutais very similar to atosia above and beneath, but it is said to differ in the absence of the small tail of the hindwing.Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln The male is shining pale blue, turning violet towards the apex.
Subspecies Arhopala epimuta epimuta (Borneo) Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra) Arhopala epimuta elsiei Evans, (Burma, Thailand)
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