♂, Surat Thani, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Surat Thani, Thailand.
♂, blue-shot in a side light	♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Aphnaeus lohita seliga Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):218. TL : "Tenasserim" [Tanintharyi, S. Myanmar]. Distribution : S. Myanmar, P. Thailand, S. Vietnam, Langkawi, W. Malaysia. ● ssp. ● ssp.seliga

[ THAILAND ]
Cigaritis seliga seliga ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.283, figs.L202b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Surat Thani)
Spindasis seliga seliga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 148, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Pho Ta; Muang Shone) (in part)

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Spindasis seliga ssp. ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.L-184,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (by literature)

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Ranong : 7♂ 2♀.

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Surat Thani : 3♂.

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Lam Dong : 2♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1300m). Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth at hilltops between 11:00 and 14:00.
The population from S. Vietnam is closer to this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.

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.

1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.