Araotes lapithis

Araotes lapithis, the witch, is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm^[1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.

Witch
Araotes lapithis decolor Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Araotes
Species:	A. lapithis
Binomial name
Araotes lapithis (Moore, 1857)

Subspecies

• A. l. lapithis Sikkim, Assam - South China, West Thailand, Myanmar
• A. l. uruwela Fruhstorfer, 1912 southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo
• A. l. arianus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan
• A. l. decolor Fruhstorfer, 1899 Nias
• A. l. archytas Fruhstorfer, 1912 Java