♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia epimuta elsiei Evans, 1925 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):627. TL : 'Tavoy - S.Burma'. (NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong ; Surat Thani). ● ssp.elsiei ● ssp.epiala

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Arhopala epimuta ; Godfrey,1916 : 139. ('Chonburi: Hup Bon')
Narathura epimuta elsiei ; Evans,1957 : 94. (P)
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Pinratana,1981 : 79, pl.12, fig.11,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Seki,1986 : 12, fig.4,♂. (Ranong)
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 608, pl.275, figs.L205,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; 'Wiang Pa Pao' [loc.err.])
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 640, pl.290, figs.L231,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; 'Wiang Pa Pao' [loc.err.])
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 57, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring: Kam Puan: Khlong Naka) (in part)

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Ranong : 7♂ 4♀.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).
The record from 'Chonburi' by Godfrey (1916) is dubious. Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded it from 'Wiang Pa Pao (Chiang Rai)', but this is considered a misidentification of Arhopala moolaiana maya. Further distributional research is needed.

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.

♀, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.11 - 2022.07.31.