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 (QLD), Moa Is. A. c. asopus Waterhouse & Lyell, northern & northwestern Australia (NT), Koolan Is. A. c. nakula (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Singkep, Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka A. c. aglais C. & R. Felder, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao) A. c. coruscans Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 Andamans A. c. pirama (Moore, ) Ceylon, South India A. c. pirithous ( Moore, ) 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 (Cuyo) A. c. babuyana Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Babuyanes) A. c. decimarie Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Homonhon) A. c. dinacola Schröder & Treadaway, 1999 Philippines (Dinagat)
Biology The larva feeds on Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia paniculata, Lagerstroemia microcarpa, Mangifera indica and Xylia dolabriformis
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