♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Proteides excellens Staudinger, 1889 OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):141-142, pl.2, fig.6,♂. TL : Palawan. (♂, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin) Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Palawan.

Lotongus onara adorabilis Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:18. TL. 'N.O. Sumatra' [Banka, S.E.Sumatra]. (♂, NHML)

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Zela adorabilis ; Pinratana,1985 : 85, pl.28, figs.183,♂,♀. (Trang)
Zela excellens ; Kirton & Eliot,2004 : 323-324, 364. (Thailand)
Zela excellens ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 806, pl.369, figs.H213,♂,♂(Un). (in part). (Ranong)
Zela excellens ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF)
Zela excellens ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 864, pl.399, figs.H211,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Zela excellens ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Zela excellens ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 111-112, fig.Abb.H-204. (Phang Nga)

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Ranong : 1♂.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.

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

Maruyama, K.,1991 : Butterflies of Borneo vol.2, No.2. Hesperiidae, Addndum of vol.1.
XII+89 pp (Japanese text), 48 pls, XII+83 pp (English text) + 1.
Tobishima corporation. Tokyo, Japan.

Kirton, L.G. & Eliot, J.N.,2004 : A Revision of the Rattan-Feeding Skipper Genus, Zela de Nicéville (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Malay. nat. J. 56(4):317-367.

1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.