Dull oak-blue
The dull oak-blue is a butterfly from India and Southeast Asia. On top, the male's wings are a very dark blue with a hint of violet. Each back wing has a thin black tail.
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Fun facts
The female is paler than the male and looks more violet-blue.
Underneath, its wings are brown with many spots edged in pale lines.
Near the corner of each back wing it has three little black spots sprinkled with shiny blue-green scales.
There are many kinds of it, living from India and Sri Lanka all the way to northern Australia.
Most asked questions about Dull oak-blue
?What does the dull oak-blue eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of trees, including mango trees.
?Where does the dull oak-blue live?
From India and Southeast Asia to the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Arhopala centaurus
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Centaur oakblue
Where the facts come from
- Arhopala centaurus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vijaybarve. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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