Arhopala kurzi  (Distant, 1885)

Arhopala kurzi ♂ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♂ Un. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un.
♂, 2014.06.28. Yala, Thailand. ♀, 2017.03.23. Yala, Thailand.
Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala kurzi Distant, 1885
OD : Rhopalocera Malayana : 268, pl.21, fig.1,♂.
TL : Malacca. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward),
W.Malaysia.
Arhopala kurzi map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala kurzi ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 35, figs.71,♂,♂(Un),72,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala kurzi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.01)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat: 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 5♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
1♂, 2014.06.28. P.Sukkit (YI) ; 1♀, 2017.03.23. Y.Inayoshi (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The male specimen shown above is the first one found in Thailand. The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 800m).


Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

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.


Arhopala kurzi ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2018.11.30 - 2023.06.30.

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