Arhopala myrzala lammas Corbet, 1941

Arhopala myrzala lammas ♂ Up. Arhopala myrzala lammas ♂ Un. Arhopala myrzala lammas ♀ Up. Arhopala myrzala lammas ♀ Un.
♂, Satun (Khuan Don dist.), Thailand. ♀, Satun (Khuan Don dist.), Thailand.

ON : Arhopala myrzala lammas Corbet, 1941
OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9): 152, fig.6.
TL : "Malaya" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.
● ssp.lammas
ssp.conjuncta
Arhopala myrzala lammas map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala myrzala ; Best,1962 : 52. ("Puket" [Phuket])
'Arhopala myrzala lammas ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 606, pl.274, figs.L201b♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
'Arhopala myrzala lammas ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 638, pl.289, figs.L227b♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
'Arhopala myrzala lammas ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 55. (by literature)'


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Satun : Khuan Don dist. 2018.06.29. 1♂ 1♀ A.Giudici (YI).
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Notes

Pinratana (1981) recorded Arhopala myrzala lammas from Songkhla, however the figured specimen is Arhopala bazaloides, and the figured specimen shown in Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) is from W. Malaysia. The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations.


Literature

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.

Corbet, A.S.,1946 : Observations on the Indo-Malayan species of the genus Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96: 73-88, 7 pls.

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.


Arhopala myrzala lammas ♂+♀;
♂+♀, Satun (Khuan Don dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2025.08.31.

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