♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Surat Thani (Koh Samui), Thailand. (photo by L.Day)		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Lycaena putli Kollar, 1844 OD : in Hügel, Kaschmir. 4(2):422. TL : "Massuri, Himaleya" [Mussoorie, NW.India]. Distribution : Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan, Langkawi, Australia.

[ THAILAND ]
Zizera trochilus [sic] ; Godfrey,1930 : 319. (Muak Lek; Chiang Rai)
Freyeria trochilus [sic] ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 90-91, pl.18, figs.141,♂,142,♂(Un),Textfig.47,♂genitalia. (Doi Inthanon)
Freyeria putli ; Pinratana,1981 : 52, pl.7, figs.33,♂,34,♂(Un). (list only)
Freyeria trochylus orientalis ; Pinratana,1981 : 52. not fig. (Chiang Mai; Lampang; Mae Hong Son; Chonburi; Kahchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Freyeria putli ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 570, pl.258, figs.L104,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Pattaya; Wang Nam Khieo)
Freyeria trochylus orientalis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 570, not fig. (Chiang Mai)
Chilades putli ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],[♂](Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Chilades putli ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 589, pl.267, figs.L129,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Pattaya; Nakhon Pathom)
'Chilades trochylus orientalis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 590, pl,267, figs.♂(Un,Nepal),♀(Nepal).'
Freyeria putli ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 195, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kung Mai Sak; Bang Phra; Sai Yok Noi; Kuwai Yai)
Freyeria trochylus orientalis ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 195. (by literature)
Freyeria putli putli ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2024.06.07)

[ LAOS ]
Freyeria putli ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 71, pl.101, figs.A7,♀,A8,♀(Un). (Luang Prabang)
Freyeria putli ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.108, fig.♂(Un). (Luang Prabang)
Chilades putli ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Freyeria putli ; Onodera,2022 : 96, pl.230, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Ban Piang Luang)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Freyeria putli ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121, fig.4B. (Preah Vihear; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Chilades putli ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 28, figs.L-167,♂,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Phan Thiet)
Freyeria putli ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 52. (C: Lam Dong / S)
Freyeria putli ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Coto)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 10♂ 2♀.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ (incl. photo).

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ 2♀ (photo by T.Aoyama).

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Chonburi : 5♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Surat Thani (Koh Samui dist ; Koh Phangan dist.) : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

The butterfly is locally not rare in open areas, wasteland, roadsides and montane dry forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1300m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

Kollar, V.,1844 : Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Frciherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten.
in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek.
Stuttgart, Hallbergerische Verlagshandlung 4(2):393-564, 582-585, 26 pls.

Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R.,2013 :
Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Cladistics. 29:1–27.

Freina, J.J.,2014 :
Zoogeographische, okologische und taxonomische Studie zu den Zwillingsarten Chilades trochylus Freyer,1845 und Chilades putli Kollar,1848 (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae, Polyommatini)
Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F.34(4):145-160.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)	♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.04 - 2024.06.30.