Arhopala varro varro

Arhopala varro varro Fruhstorfer, 1914


♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, 1993.10.24. Omkoi dist., Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, 2002.12.--. Di Linh, Lam Dong, Vietnam.

ON : Arhopala camdeo varro Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):161-162.
TL : Tandong, Karen Hills. (♀)

Distribution : Myanmar, W.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

	● ssp.varro
	● ssp.selama

Synonym

Amblypodia karennia Evans, 1925 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):626, fig. TL. Karens. (♂, NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 604, pl.273, figs.L197,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala varro varro ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 636, pl.288, figs.L222,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala varro varoo ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 54. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Onodera & Kusumoto,2023 : 50-51, figs.5,♂,5v,♂(Un), 6,map. (Xaysomboun: Nam Phang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 59. (S: Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : Omkoi dist. 1993.10.24. 1♀, LC (YI).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Kanchanaburi : 3♂ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama & Y.Inayoshi).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : Di Linh. 2002.12.--. 1♂ LC (KS).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

This is the first record from Thailand and Vietnam.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 900m). Males form flight paths along streams and fly back and forth along them, frequently chasing each other.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H., 1914 : Neue Arhopala Rassen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):155-166.

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VII.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):610-639, 1 pl.

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):149-183, figs.1-114.

Evans, W.H.,1957 : A Revision of the Arhopala Group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 5(3):85-141.


♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.07.11 - 2023.10.31.