Arhopala pseudomuta, Raffles's oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1889. It is found in Southeast Asia - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore (A. p.)pseudomuta), Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand (A. p. ariavana Corbet, 1941), Sumatra, Borneo (A. p. contra (Evans, 1957))Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.Evans, W. H., 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 5(3): 85–141.
Description A. pseudomuta is much larger than elopura, the male violettish-blue, almost-lilac, the under surface regularly marked, as is to be seen from the figure; Malacca, Borneo. A. rafflesii Nic. [synonym] above dark blue instead of violet, with a slight difference of the postmedian band on the hindwing beneath, where the 4th spot is slightly removed towards the margin.Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
Subspecies Arhopala pseudomuta pseudomuta (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore) Arhopala pseudomuta ariavana Corbet, 1941 (Langkawi, Mergui, Burma, Thailand) Arhopala pseudomuta contra (Evans, 1957) (Sumatra, Borneo)
Etymology The English name honours Stamford Raffles.
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External links
"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms