Arhopala aedias yendava

Arhopala aedias yendava, the Singapore oakblue, is a subspecies of Arhopala aedias a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

This beautiful species is above in both sexes dark lilac, the female with a black distal margin of an average width of 4 mm. The postmedian band of the forewdng is here also in the centre very much interrupted, but the two ends of the interruption are nevertheless contiguous, which is not the case in nominate aedias.

Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim onto Myanmar.

Status
Rare.