Hypochrysops kerri Riley, 1932


ON : Hypochrysops kerri Riley, 1932
OD : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4): 252, pl.22, figs.1(HT,♂), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un).
TL : "Tambon Kao Panom, Krabi, P.Siam" [Kao Panom, Krabi, P.Thailand].
Distribution : P.Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Belitung.
Hypochrysops kerri map


Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 20.Mar.1930. Tambon Kao Panom, Krabi, P.Siam (NHML) ; Tennent & Müller,2025 : 347, figs.1769(HT,♂), 1789(HT,♂Un).
Paratype ♀, 'Straits Settlements'. (NHML) ; Tennent & Müller,2025 : 350, figs.1770(PT,♀), 1790(PT,♀Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (Krabi: Khao Panom)
Hypochrysops kerri ; Godfrey,1932b : 326. (Krabi: Khao Panom)
Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri ; Pinratana,1981 : 72-73. not fig. (Krabi: Khao Panom)
'Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 598, pl.271, figs.L182,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 50. (by literature)
Hypochrysops coelisparsus kerri ; Inayoshi,1999-2025 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (by literature) (30.Nov.2021 last updated ; 31.Dec.2025 changed.)


Notes

Hitherto, the butterfly has been known only one holotype male specimen in Thailand.


Literature

Riley, N.D.,1932 : Descriptions of New Siamese Rhopalocera.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4): 249-254. 1 pl.

Tennent, J. & Müller, C.,2025 : The Jewel Butterflies. A Monograph of the Lycaenid Genus Hypochrysops.
645 pp., 126 pls., Storm Entomological Publishing, Oxfordshire, England.


2025.12.31.

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