Arhopala ariana ssp.  
Arhopala ariana ariana ♂ Up. Arhopala ariana ariana ♂ Un. Arhopala ariana ariana ♀ Up. Arhopala ariana ariana ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

Arhopala ariana ariana ♂ Up. Arhopala ariana ariana ♂ Un. Arhopala ariana ariana ♀ Up. Arhopala ariana ariana ♀ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Amblypodia ariana ssp.
OD :
TL :
Distribution : S.E.Thailand, Vietnam.
● ssp.ariana
● ssp.
● ssp.wilcocksi
Arhopala ariana ssp. map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Pinratana,1981 : 85, pl.31, figs.12,♀,13,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Arhopala havilandi kota ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.281, figs.L231,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida aida ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.281, figs.L233,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida wilcocksi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.296, figs.L255b♂(right),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida aida ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.297, figs.L257,♀(left),♀(left,Un). (in part)
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 67. (by literature)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala ariana ; Corbet,1948 : 94. (S.Annam)
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (by literature)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Sa Kaeo : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 4♂ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Khanh Hoa : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30m - 150m).
The populations from S.E.Thailand and Vietnam are similar to ssp.ariana, but the underside of both wings have a very strong pink lustre. The females have a broader black border on the upperside of both wings. I tentatively treat them as an unnamed taxon, but the two populations from S.E.Thailand and Vietnam are also rather different. They may be distinct subspecies, as Corbet,1948 pointed out. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VII.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):610-639, 1 pl.

Corbet, A.S.,1948 : Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: I.
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 17:93-97.

Arhopala ariana ariana ♂ Arhopala ariana ariana ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
2023.07.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.