Mahathala
Mahathala ariadeva javana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Arhopalini
Genus:	Mahathala Moore, 1878

Mahathala is a small genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Two species occur in Southeast Asia, the third is endemic to Mongolia.

Species

• Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862)
• Mahathala ariadeva Fruhstorfer, 1908 Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
• Mahathala gone Druce, 1895 Mongolia

References

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• "Mahathala Moore, 1878" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms