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

ON : Lycaena pygmaea Snellen, 1876 OD : Tijdschr. Ent. 19(3):163-164, pl.7, fig.3. TL : Batavia, [Java]. Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Palawan, Sumba, Sumbawa, Marinduque, Talaud. ● ssp.hylax ● ssp.pygmaea

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Zizera gaika ; Pendlebury,1923 : 44. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River)
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Pinratana,1981 : 51, pl.7, figs.31,♂,32,♂(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568,570, pl.257, figs.L102b♀,♀(Un). (Khao Phanom Bencha; Than To)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.['♀'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 589, pl.266, figs.L127b♂,♂(Un). (Khao Phanom Bencha; Than To)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 182, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hot Spring; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 152, figs.Abb.L-139-142. (Phang Nga)

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Ranong : 3♂.

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Surat Thani (Koh Tao ; Koh Phangan) : 4♂ (photo by P.Kosierb, A.Giudici).

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Satun : 1♀.

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Yala : 4♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low elevations (Alt.10 - 500m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Snellen, 1876 : Lepidoptera van Batavia. Beschrijving der nieuwe soorten.
Tijdschr. Ent. 19(3):159-167, pl.7.

♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2010.03.30 - 2024.06.30.