Rapala melida nicevillei

Rapala melida nicevillei Swinhoe,1911


♂, 1987.09.04. Khao Soi Dao, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, 1993.08.24. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Rapala nicevillei Swinhoe,1911
OD : in Moore, Lep. Ind. 9:49-50, pl.716, figs.1,1a-b.
TL : Sylhet, Assam.

Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
S.Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Rapala melida melida ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 716, pl.327, fig.L421,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi / Nan)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala elcia rhoecus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 77, pl.109, figs.A3♂,A4♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rapala melida nicevillei ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 68, figs.L-138,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri ; Dai Duc Me)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
 Nan, Doi Phu Kha.            1993.08.24       1♀   Local Catcher (YI)
 Chanthaburi, Khao Soi Dao.   1983.03.25       1♀   Y.Inayoshi    (YI)
 Chanthaburi, Khao Soi Dao.   1983.03.28       1♀   Y.Inayoshi    (YI)
 Chanthaburi, Khao Soi Dao.   1987.09.04   1♂       Local Catcher (YI)

[ VIETNAM ]
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2010.02.10   1♂       N.D.Khoa   (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2010.02.28   4♂       N.D.Khoa   (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2009.07.01   1♂       N.D.Khoa   (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2003.09.16   1♂       K.Saito    (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2003.09.20       1♀   K.Saito    (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2004.10.09   1♂       S.Kuriyama (KS)
 Lam Dang, Dambri.            2003.12.29       1♀   K.Saito    (KS)

Notes
It is the first record from Thailand.

Literature

Swinhoe, C.,1911-1912: in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. vol.IX. Rhopalocera, Family Lycaenidae.
9:1-144,1911 ; 145-278,1912. L.Reeve & Co., London.

Takanami, Y.,1998 : Genus Rapala (Lycaenidae) of the Southeast Asian Islands. (in Japanese)
Butterflies 19:41-57, 5 pls.

1999.07.21 - 2011.03.15.