♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Celaenorrhinus aspersa Leech, 1891 OD : Entomologist 24 (Suppl.):61. TL : "Chia Kou Ho", [Sichuan]. (NHML) Distribution : Assam, N.Myanmar, Sichuan, N.Thailand, N.Vietnam, Hainan. ● ssp.aspersa ● ssp.pinratanai

Celaenorrhinus clitus Nicéville, 1891 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):378-379, pl.G, fig.26,♂. TL. "Naga Hills; Assam" [Nagaland, N.E.India]. (NHML)

aspersa  ; ♂, Type (red), H387 ; Jun.1889. Chia Kou Ho, 1780 ft. (NHML, examined)
clitus  ; ♂, Type (red), H388 ; Jul.-Aug.1889. Naga hills, 5000-8000 ft. W.Doherty. (NHML, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Celaenorrhinus aspersa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 748, pl.343, figs.H42,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Mae Hong Son' [Omkoi, Chiang Mai]; Nan)
Celaenorrhinus aspersa ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 33. (by literature)
Celaenorrhinus aspersa aspersa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 796, pl.367, figs.H40a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Mae Hong Son' [Omkoi, Chiang Mai]; Nan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Celaenorrhinus aspersa ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 158. (N: Tam Dao)
Celaenorrhinus aspersa ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 143. (C: Ngoc Linh)
Celaenorrhinus aspersa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 72. (N / C)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1300m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.

Leech, J.H.,1891 : New species of Rhopalocera from Western China.
Entomologist 24(Suppl.):57-61.

Nicéville, L. de,1891 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):341-398.

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix+1-502, pls.1-35. London.

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