♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Satun (Koh Tarutao), Thailand.		♀, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia moolaiana maya Evans, 1932 OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 259. TL : Mergui. (♂, NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia (Kedah). ● ssp.maya ● ssp.yajuna

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia moolaiana ; Godfrey,1930 : 331. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Narathura moolaiana maya ; Evans,1957 : 97. (P)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Pinratana,1981 : 82, pl.13, fig.8,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Arhopala moolaiana yajuna ; Pinratana,1981 : 82. (Ranong) (in part)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Seki,1986 : 12, figs.10,♂,11,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 614, pl.278, figs.L217a♂,♂(Un)♂(Un),♀. (Trang; Krabi)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 646, pl.293, figs.L243a♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀. (Trang; Krabi)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 61, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Montatan; Khao Soi Dao; Mae Sam; Kaper WF; Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is.)
'Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 182, figs.Abb.L-279-280. (Phang Nga)'

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 73, pl.105, fig.A1(Un). (no loc.)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.114, figs.♂,♀(Un). (Boung Kuang; Savannakhet)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 46. (Namdhua; Thabeng)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Onodera,2022 : 85, pl.215, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Natung)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Kosterin,2020 : 319-320, figs.29,♂,30,♂(Un). (Pursat)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala moolaiana ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 43. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; Huong Thuy)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 40, fig.L-156,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Arhopala moolaiana maya ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Quang Tri to Lam Dong)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 4♀.

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Ranong : 10♂ 2♀.

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Phang Nga : 1♀.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Trang : 2♀.

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Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 1♂.

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The butterfly is common in P.Thailand and uncommon in N.Thailand, and is found in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m).
The coloration on the UpF of some male individuals in Ranong is slightly brilliant shining pale blue, turning to violet in the apical area. It seems to approach the nominotypical subspecies.

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

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.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2024.04.30.