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

ON : Amblypodia alax Evans, 1932 OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) :263. TL : Manipur. (♂, NHML) Distribution : Manipur, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia alax ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 79. (Lampang: Me Htam forest)
Narathura alax ; Evans,1957 : 105. (W)
Arhopala alax ; Pinratana,1981 : 87, pl.14, fig.8,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala alax ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.282, figs.L236,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Arhopala alax ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 654, pl.297, figs.L260,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Arhopala alax ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 68, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep) (in part)

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Arhopala alax ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 74, pl.105, fig.A4(Un). (Dan Sum, Vientiane)
Arhopala alax ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, not fig. (list only)
Arhopala alax ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala alax ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Lam Dong)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.

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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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Kanchanaburi : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in semi-dried forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 900m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

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

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

1999.07.18 - 2023.07.31.