Arhopala dispar dispar  Riley & Godfrey, 1921

Arhopala dispar dispar ♀ Up. Arhopala dispar dispar ♀ Un.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala dispar Riley & Godfrey, 1921
OD : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):183, pl.6, fig.8,♂.
TL : N.Siam. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Arhopala dispar dispar map

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂ Rh.130, Apr.1918. Me Song forest, Prae, N.Siam. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia dispar ; Godfrey,1930 : 330. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Narathura dispar dispar ; Evans,1957 : 91. (N.Siam)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Pinratana,1981 : 77, pl.33, fig.2,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 37, fig.108,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 604, pl.273, figs.L196,♂,♂(Un). (Phrae; Chaiyaphum)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 636, pl.287, figs.L221,♂,♂(Un). (Phrae; Chaiyaphum)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 54, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Kradung; Ban Na Lak)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala dispar ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.113, figs.♂,♀(Un),♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala dispar dispar ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 59. (N)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Riley, N.D. & Godfrey, E.J.,1921 : Some Undescribed Rhopalocera from Siam.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):167-190. 3 pls.

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.


1999.07.11 - 2022.05.31.

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