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

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala antimuta C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 OD : Reise öst. Fregatte Novara. Zool. Theil. (2): 233. TL : "Malacca Interior" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias, Natuna.

Arhopala davisonii Nicéville, 1890 : Butts. India Burmah Ceylon. 3: 280, fig.135,♂. TL. Singapore.
Arhopala antimuta tana Corbet, 1941 : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9): 162. TL. "Ataran Valley, Burma", [Mon State, Myanmar]. (NHML)

tana ;
Holotype ♂, Type (HT/red), 1925. Ataran Valley, Burma. W.H.Evans (NHML, photo examined.)
Allotype ♀, Type (AT/red), Nov.1925. Ataran Valley, Burma. W.H.Evans (NHML, photo examined.)

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala antimuta ; Godfrey,1916 : 139. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Amblypodia antimuta ; Godfrey,1930 : 336. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Narathura antimuta antimuta ; Evans,1957 : 124. (P)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Pinratana,1981 : 84, pl.13, fig.17,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Ranong)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Seki,1986 : 14. (Ranong)
Arhopala avathina avathina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 614, pl.278, figs.L219,♀,♀(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 616, pl.279, figs.L225,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀(center),♀(right,Un). (in part)
Arhopala moorei busa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 616, pl.279, figs.L222,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala arvina adalitas ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 634, pl.288, figs.L256b♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.08.01)
Arhopala avathina avathina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 648, pl.294, figs.L245,♀,♀(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 650, pl.295, figs.L250,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Ranong; Phang-nga; Yala)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 64, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.01)
Arhopala antimuta ssp. ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phetchabun) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.115, fig.♀(Un). (Xaignabouri)
Arhopala antimuta antimuta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 1♀.

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Ranong : 6♂ 6♀.

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

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The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m).
A female specimen from Chiang Mai is bluer and has very broad black border on both wings. The populations from N. to N.C.Thailand and Laos are possibly a different subspecies. I provisionally treat this as ssp.antimuta, but further taxonomic study is needed.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1865 : Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair.
Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Lepidoptera.
(2): [2] + 137-378, pls. 22-47 ([after Oct].1865), Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn.

Nicéville, L. de,1890 : The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera Inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border; with numerous illustrations. Vol.3 (Lycaenidae).
Calcutta Central Press. 4to: xii + 503 pp, frontispiece, pls.25-29.

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.

Eliot, J.N.,1978 : in Corbet & Pendlebury, The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 3rd Edition revised.
1-578, pls.1-55.

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

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.