The White-dotted Oakblue, Arhopala democritus lycaenaria (C & R Felder)

This is a medium-sized Arhopala: the undersides are quite distinctive in the fact that its markings on the FW  are broken lines. Locally common where it occurs, found in the shades of forested streams.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
							x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurence, H mark an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
				S2	S2	S2	S2	S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S2

S2

S2(H)

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S15

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
						S2	S2

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

2019
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
	S2	S2

2020
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

26 March 2014 @ 11:38

Above photos 13 May 2014 @ 13:07

13 July 2014 @ 10:31

 14:46

14:47
Above 2 photos 20 Sep 2015

an extremely tiny specimen (about size of an Acytolepis puspa) from S15: 24 Jan 2016 @ 14:40

05 August 2017 @ 12:40

16 March 2019 @ 12:01


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The ssp. democritus (Fabricius, 1793) is distinctive i that the undersides are dark brown with a purple flush and the dots whitish (hence its namesake). This taxon is confined to the north of the Peninsular in the states of Kedah and Perlis.

 10:58

10:59

Above pictures of a female : 27 March 2019