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

ON : Aphnaeus syama terana Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):217. TL : 'Perak, [W.Malaysia]; Nordost-Sumatra'. Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra. ● ssp.peguanus ● ssp.sepulveda ● ssp.terana

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Spindasis syama terana ; Pinratana,1981 : 112, pl.20, fig.6(Un) ; pl.32, figs.2,♂,3,♀,4,♂(Un). (Narathiwat; Yala)
Spindasis syama terana ; Seki,1986 : 18. (Ranong)
Spindasis syama terana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 596, pl.269, figs.L175b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Cigaritis syama terana ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,['♂'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.10.04)
Cigaritis syama terana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.282, figs.L200b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Spindasis syama terana ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 147, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hat Supin; Ban Tung Tong; Thung Wa)
Cigaritis syama terana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 191, figs.Abb.L-333-334,336. (Phang Nga) (in part)
Spindasis syama terana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

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Ranong : 5♂ 3♀.

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane and secondary forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 450m). Both sexes visit flowers. Males are territorial on undergrowth at forest edges.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song. L. & Grishin, N.V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-93.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.