Arhopala alesia

Arhopala alesia, the pallid oakblue, (sometimes in Amblypodia) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description
The forewing length is about 18mm.Beneath quite similar to oberthuri, but with a long tail on the hindwing. The female is above light greenish-blue.

Subspecies
At least 5 subspecies are listed:
 * A. a. alesia
 * A. a. wimberleyi (de Nicéville, 1887)
 * A. a. sacharja Fruhstorfer, 1914
 * A. a. mio (Hayashi, 1981)
 * A. a. soloni M. & T. Okano, 1995

Range
The butterfly occurs in India in the Andamans and from Dawnas to southern Myanmar.

The nominotypical subspecies is distributed on Bohol, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Mindanao & Tawitawi Islands. The subspecies soloni is on Leyte Island. The subspecies mio is found on Negros Island.

Status
William Harry Evans described the species as rare in 1932.