Subspecies in India
(1) Arhopala fulla ignara Riley & Godfrey, 1921 – Thai Spotless Oakblue
(2) Arhopala fulla andamanica (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) – Andaman Spotless Oakblue
The subspecies ignara is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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The known distribution of this species has recently been extended to the East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya (Sondhi et al. 2016). The traditionally known range was from the Mishmi Hills to N. Myanmar.
The subspecies ignara is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Not known.
d’Abrera, B. 1985. Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae & Amathusidae. Hill House, Melbourne, Australia.
Kinyon, S. 2004. Illustrated Checklist for the Butterflies of Myanmar. Smithsonian Institution, USA.
Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, R. Jhaveri, and K. Kunte. 2016. Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8:8618–8622. PDF file (4.7MB, has colour images of a type and other specimens).
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Arhopala fulla (Hewitson, 1862) – Spotless Oakblue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/arhopala-fulla, accessed 2024/12/03.