♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.
♂ genitalia, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Spindasis arooni Murayama & Kimura, 1990 OD : Nature & Insects 25(2):24, fig.19(HT,♀Un). TL : "Chiengmai" [Chiang Mai], N. Thailand. Distribution : N. Thailand, Laos. ● ssp.leechi ● ssp.arooni

Holotype ♀, "Chiengmai" [Chiang Mai], N.Thialand. (EMBT)

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis arooni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 598, pl.270, figs.L180,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phu Kha)
Cigaritis leechi arooni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 626, pl.283, figs.L205,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phu Kha)
Spindasis arooni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 148, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phu Kha)

[ LAOS ]
Cigaritis arooni ; Nakamura et al.,2009 : 24, figs.3,♂,♂(Un). (Xieng Khuang)
Spindasis leechi arooni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53, pl.16, figs.Ly-114,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Samsoum)

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 9♂.

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The butterfly is quite localized and uncommon in montane forests.
The male genitalia of arooni is the same as those of Cigaritis leechi. Therefore, we consider arooni is conspecific with Cigaritis leechi.

Murayama, S. & Kimura, Y.,1990 : Some new butterflies from Thailand.
Nature & Insects 25(2):19-24, figs.1-23.

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.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito 1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.