♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Amblypodia camdeo Moore, [1858] OD : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co. (1):41, pl.1a, fig.6,♀. TL : N.India. (NHML) Distribution : Sikkim, Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia camdeo sphendale ; Godfrey,1930 : 329-330. (Prae: Me Tharn; Me Song forest)
Narathura camdeo camdeo ; Evans,1957 : 91-92. (Siam)
Arhopala camdeo ; Pinratana,1981 : 77, pl.34, figs.15,♀,16,♀(Un). ('Ranong'; 'Tak')
Arholapa camdeo ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, fig.L198,♀. (Wan Nam Khiewo)
Arhopala camdeo ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 636, pl.288, figs.L224,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Arhopala camdeo ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 54, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Wan Nam Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Arholapa camdeo ; Nakamura et al.,2009 : 24, figs.2,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xieng Khuang: Muang Suy; Bolikhamxai: Nahin)
Arhopala camdeo ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53, pl.18, figs.Ly-134,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Suy, 32km west of Phonsavan; Bolikhamxai: Nhahin)

[ VIETNAM ]
Amblypodia camdeo camdeo ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 952. (Tonkin)
Amblypodia camdeo camdeo ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (N)
Narathura camdeo camdeo ; Evans,1957 : 91-92. (Tonkin)
Narathura camdeo camdeo ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965 : 356, pl.11, figs.85,♂,86,♂(Un). (Dong Nai: Trang Bom)
Arhopala camdeo camdeo ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 59. (S: Dong Nai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 2♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 900m).
The records of 'Ranong' and 'Tak' in Pinratana,1981 are considered to be erroneous locations or misidentifications. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,[1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London. East India Co.

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 - 2023.06.30.