Arhopala ganesa

Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.

Description
The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown.

Subspecies

 * A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
 * A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
 * A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
 * A. g. loomisi (Pryer, 1886) Japan