Arhopala epimuta epiala
Corbet, 1941
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♀, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, 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" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Nakhon Si Thammarat), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra. [? Java]
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● ssp.elsiei |
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● ssp.epiala |
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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 : 3♂ 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Narathiwat : 2♂.
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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.
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.
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| ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) |
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