Arhopala epimuta epiala

Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941
OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):154.
TL : Malaya. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra. [? Java]

	● ssp.elsiei
	● ssp.epiala

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 57. (Than To WF.) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂.

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

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

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

Narathiwat : 2♂.

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

Notes

The populations from Nakhon Si Thammarat and southwards are considered to be ssp.epiala. The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 500m).

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.

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.

2022.06.30 - 2024.07.31.