♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

ON : Pamphila purreea Moore, 1877 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):594, pl.58, fig.10. TL : Port Blair, S.Andamans. (♀, NHML) Distribution : S.India, Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi.

Cupitha tympanifera Moore, 1884 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):48. TL. Pegu, Burma. (♂, NHML)
Pamphila verruca Mabille, 1889 : Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (6)9:lxxxiv. TL. Nias. (♂)
Pamphila lycorias Mabille, 1893 : Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 37:54-55. TL. Java. (♀, NHML)
Cupitha purreea alara Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:29. TL. Celebes. (♀, NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Cupitha purrea [sic] ; Godfrey,1916 : 145. (Chonburi: Dong Rek Hills)
Cupitha purreea ; Godfrey,1930 : 381. (Prae: Me Song forest; Pak Jong; Muak Lek)
Cupitha purreea ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (Songkhla: Wang Sai)
Cupitha purreea ; Evans,1949 : 299. (Siam)
Cupitha purreea ; Pinratana,1985 : 70, pl.24, figs.145,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakho Nayok; Chonburi; Chanthaburi; Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Cupitha purreea ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 250, fig.22♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Mu; Phu Pha Phung; Ban Naudom)
Cupitha purreea ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 12-13. (Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Na Pho Krang; Phu Chong Na Yoi; Kaeng Tana; Kaeng E-Keow; Phu Hin Dang; Mukdahan: Phu Huay Sing; Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum)
Cupitha purreea ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 44-45. (Ubon Ratchathani: Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huai Sing)
Cupitha purreea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 792, pl.364, fig.H171,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Cupitha purreea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.11.13)
Cupitha purreea ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 71, fig.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ban Salok; Mae San; Phu Khiewo; Nkohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Sai York Noi; Tenasserim; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Cupitha purreea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 848, pl.391, fig.H167,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khieo; Chiang Mai; Ranong)
Cupitha purreea ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 103-104, fig.Abb.H-178. (Phang Nga)
Cupitha purreea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2021- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Loei; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.08.04)

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Cupitha purreea ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 82, col.pl.16 ; pl.115, figs.A1,♂,A2,♂(Un). (Pakse; Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Cupitha purreea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.140, fig.♂. (Vientiane)
Cupitha purreea ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua; Thakhek)
Cupitha purreea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Cupitha purreea ; Onodera,2022 : 117, pl.254, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Ban Lao; Natung)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Cupitha purreea ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.7K,[♂(Un)]. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Cupitha purreea ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1967 ; 6-7, figs.115♂,116♂(Un),117♀,118♀(Un). (Trang Bom; Cap St. Jacques)
Cupitha purreea ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 171. (Ba Be; Cuc Phuong)
Cupitha purreea ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 65, figs.3:23♂,24♂(Un),5:31(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Cupitha purreea ; Luong et al.,2004 : 14, 89, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Cupitha purreea ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 11, fig.H-78,♂,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Cupitha purreea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 80. (N / C / S)
Cupitha purreea ; Saito et al.,2017 : 76. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Coto)

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Mae Hong Son : 2♀.

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Ranong : 2♂ 1♀.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.

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The butterfly is not rare in montane and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 900m). Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth.

Moore, F.,1877 : The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):580-632, pl.58-60.

Moore, F.,1884 :
Descriptions of some New Asiatic Lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained inthe Indian Museum, Calcutta.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):16-52.

Mabille, P.,1889 : Descriptions de generes nouveaux et d'especes nouvelles de Lepidopteres.
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (6)9:lxxxiv-lxxxv.

Mabille, P.,1893 : Description de Lepidopteres nouveaux.
Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 37:50-65.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):9-79, pl.1.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2024.06.30.