Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Arhopalini > Arhopala
Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) – Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue
Subspecies in India:
No subspecies are listed under this species. It was given as Arhopala canaraica (Moore, 1884), the Kanara Oakblue, in older literature.
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Arhopala alea – Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Terminalia paniculata (Davidson et al. 1896) (Combretaceae). Hopea (Davidson et al. 1896; Robinson et al. 2010) (Dipterocarpaceae). Syzygium salicifolium (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Myrtaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Theclinae > Arhopalini > Arhopala
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Kalesh, S & N. Bhat. 2021. Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) – Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.17. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/644/Arhopala-alea
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