Arhopala chamaeleona is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Description Both wings deep metallic green, shading to brown in some lights.Hindwing being green almost to the margin. Below, uniform brown, no white areas: hindwing under with well-developed tornal metallic scaling.Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1903. A new species of Arhopala from British New Guinea. Ent. mon. Mag. 39: 217. D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Form restricta Above, brown-black, forewings violet-blue on basal 3/4 }}
Subspecies A. c. chamaeleona (Biak, Noemfoor, Jobi, New Guinea) A. c. rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Serang) A. c. mizunumai (Hayashi, 1978) (Philippines: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao, Marinduque) A. c. maputi (Takanami, 1984) (Philippines: Marinduque) A. c. susyae Tennent & Rawlins, 2010 (Moluccas)
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"Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms