Arhopala centaurus
Arhopala centaurus, the centaur oakblue or dull oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in India and southeast Asia to the Philippines.Description
Subspecies
- A. c. centaurus Kangean, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumatra, mainland New Guinea, Torres Strait islands, northern Australia, Moa Is.
- A. c. asopus Waterhouse & Lyell, northern & northwestern Australia, Koolan Is.
- A. c. nakula Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Singkep, Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka
- A. c. aglais C. & R. Felder, Philippines
- A. c. coruscans Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 Andamans
- A. c. pirama Ceylon, South India
- A. c. pirithous North India, Assam, Sikkim, S.China, Hainan
- A. c. centenitus Fruhstorfer, 1914 Batu, Pagi
- A. c. dixoni Eliot, 1978 Malaysia
- A. c. cuyoensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines
- A. c. babuyana Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines
- A. c. decimarie Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines
- A. c. dinacola Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines
Biology
The larva feeds on Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia paniculata, Lagerstroemia microcarpa and Xylia dolabriformis
