♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Satarupa gopala Moore, 1866 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):780, pl.42, fig.1,♂. TL : 'Darjeeling' [Sikkim]. (NHML) Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan. (China) ● ssp.gopala ● [? ssp.malaya ]

Satarupa gopala tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 23(31):139. TL. "Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin" [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)
Satarupa gopala hainana Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) :331. TL. Hainan. (NHML)

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Satarupa gopala ; Pinratana,1985 : 36, pl.13, fig.58,♂. (Loei)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 758, pl.348, figs.H72,♂,♀. (Loei)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 41, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep; Nan)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 810, pl.373, figs.H70,♂,♀(Un). (Loei)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchabun; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2024.06.17)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 76-77, fig.Abb.H-070. (Phang Nga)

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Satarupa gopala gopala ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 7, figs.49,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.135, figs.♂,♀. (Xam Neua; Lak Sao)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Onodera,2022 : 106, pl.242, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xiengkhouang: Phon Kham)

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Satarupa gopala tonkiniana ; Seitz,1927 : 1032. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Evans,1949 : 122. (Tonkin)
Satarupa gopala tonkiniana ; Lemée,1950 : 22. (Hagiang)
Satarupa gopala tonkiniana ; Metaye,1957 : 77. (N)
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 160.
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965b ; 84-85, figs.27,♀,28,♀(Un). (Banmethuot)
Satarupa gopala ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 160.
Satarupa gopala gopala ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 6, fig.H-31,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Satarupa gopala ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 73. (N / C)

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 750 - 1300m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Küppers & Janikorn (2017) recorded this species from P. Thailand as ssp.gopala. Although it looks very similar to ssp.malaya, only one nature photo is known. Further taxonomic and distributional studies with specimens are needed.

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Neue Hesperiden.
Ent. Zeit. 23(31):138-139. (30.Oct.1909)

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

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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