Arhopala chamaeleona

Arhopala chamaeleona is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1903. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.



Description
Both wings deep metallic green, shading to brown in some lights.Hindwing being green almost to the margin. Below, uniform brown, no white areas: hindwing under with well-developed tornal metallic scaling. Form restricta Above, brown-black, forewings violet-blue on basal 3/4 }}

Subspecies

 * A. c. chamaeleona (Biak, Noemfoor, Jobi, New Guinea)
 * A. c. rileyi Joicey & Talbot, 1922 (Serang)
 * A. c. mizunumai (Hayashi, 1978) (Philippines: Leyte, Samar, Mindanao, Marinduque)
 * A. c. maputi (Takanami, 1984) (Philippines: Marinduque)
 * A. c. susyae Tennent & Rawlins, 2010 (Moluccas)