♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Halpe wantona Swinhoe, 1893 OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3): 325-326. TL : "Shillong" [Shillong, Meghalaya, India]. (NHML) Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.

Halpe confusa Evans,1932; Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.): 395; TL: 'Manipur, [N.E.India] to Ataran, [Mon State, Myanmar]' [Manipur, N.E.India]. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe wantona: Pinratana,1985 : 56, not fig. (Nakhon Nayok; Tak; Ranong)
Halpe wantona: Kimura,1997 ; 41, pl.3, figs.49,♂,50,♂(Un). (Yala: Than To)
Halpe wantona: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 12, fig.15,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Gok Tum)
Halpe wantona: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 780, pl.358, figs.H135,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Halpe wantona: Kimura et al.,2011 : 58, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Nakohn Nayok; Muang Shone; Than To WF.)
Halpe wantona: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 832, pl.384, figs.H132,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)
'Halpe pelethronix pelethronix: Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 88, figs.Abb.H-113-114. (Phang Nga)'
Halpe wantona: Nishimura,2025 : 24, fig.47,♂,47v♂(Un),155(♂genitalia). (Mae Hong Son: Ban Klang)

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Halpe wantona: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 81, pl.113, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Halpe wantona: Osada et al.,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Xaignabouri)
Halpe wantona: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe wantona: Onodera,2022 : 113, pl.249, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Khammouan: Nahin)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe wantona: Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 166. (Muong Nhe; Ba Na)
Halpe wantona: Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 124. (S: Cat Tien)
Halpe wantona: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; Bach Ma)
Halpe wantona: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-145,♂. (Bin Thuna: Dong Tien)
Halpe wantona: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (N; C; S: Binh Thuan)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂ (genitalia examined).

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Chiang Mai : 7♂ 3♀. (7♂ genitalia examined).

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Lampang : 2♂ 1♀. (2♂ genitalia examined).

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Nan : 2♂ (genitalia examined).

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Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (genitalia dissected).

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Kanchanaburi : 3♂ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia examined).

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Ranong : 1♂ 1♀. (1♂ genitalia examined).

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Yala : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Vientiane : 2♂ (incl. photo by H.Onodera).

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Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (30 - 1,100 m a.s.l.) Both sexes visit flowers. Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth and are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
This species can only be distinguished from related species by examination of the male genitalia. Further distributional research is needed.

Swinhoe, C.,1893 : A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part 1.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3): 267-330.

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

♀+♂, Yala, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2025.12.31.