Arhopala alea

Arhopala alea, the Kanara oakblue^[2][3] or rosy oakblue,^{[citation needed]} is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly. It is endemic to India. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862.^[2][3][4]

Rosy oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Arhopala
Species:	A. alea
Binomial name
Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
Amblypodia alea Hewitson, 1862[1] Panchala alea (Hewitson, 1862)

Description

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Male. Upperside, both wings violet-blue. Forewing with the outer margin rather broad. Hindwing with the margins as broad as in the females of other species. Underside, both wings brown tinted with lilac. Forewing with the transverse band long and narrow, slightly curved. Hindwing with the band broken, ill-defined; the anal angle irrorated with white.

— Hewitson, Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum^[1]