♂ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
♂ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
♂ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
♂ (ds), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀ (ds, bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

ON : Poritia manilia evansi Corbet, 1940 OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(11):341, pl.1, figs.1,♂,2,♀. TL : Mergui. (♂, NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar (Mergui), Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia (Kelantan).

Holotype ♂, Dec.1925. King Island, Mergui. (NHML) ; Allotype ♀, Dec.1925. King Island, Mergui. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia phama regia ; Kimura,1998 : 32, 38, figs.23,♂,24,♂(Un). (Muang Shone) (in part)
Poritia manilia evansi ; Kimura,1998 : 32, 38, figs.27,♂,28,♂(Un). (Than To)
Poritia phama regia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.237, figs.L5b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong) (in part)
Poritia manilia ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 4, figs.L7,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Ranong: Muang Shone; Yala: Than To WF.)
Poritia manilia evansi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 538, pl.242, figs.L31,♂,♂,♂(Un). ('Doi Phu Kha' [loc.err.]; 'Kanchanaburi'; Than To)
Poritia hewitsoni regia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.243, figs.L34b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong) (in part)
Poritia manilia evansi ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 30, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Muang Shone; Than To WF.)
Poritia manilia evansi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2024.02.15)

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 7♂ 12♀ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi and S.Sophonviwatkul).

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1200m).
The population from Nakhon Nayok was discovered by Masakazu Hayashi in 2021. Very surprisingly, the female of this area is polymorphic. Some specimens have conspicuous orange spots on the UpF. This probably corresponds to a seasonal form (dry season form). No such female polymorphism is known for the taxon Poritia manilia. However, even in this region, only the rainy season form females are known to occur in the dry season under natural conditions. This particular dry-season form could be a form that only appears in breeding environments.
Although this population differs from typical evansi and could be a distinct species, I tentatively treat it here as ssp.Poritia manilia evansi. It is also possible that dawna and evansi are within the variational range of the same taxon. On the other hand, I suspect that the population from Yala may be the nominotypical subspecies. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(11):337-350, pl.1.

♂ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)	♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)	♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

2009.01.10 - 2024.02.29.