Arhopala agrata binghami  Corbet, 1946

Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Un.
♂, Trat, Thailand. ♀, Trat, Thailand.
Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Up. Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala agrata binghami Corbet, 1946
OD : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96(5):83.
TL : Ye Valley, Burma. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Manipur, Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
● ssp.binghami
ssp.agrata
Arhopala agrata binghami map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia agrata ; Godfrey,1930 : 332-333. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Narathura agrata binghami ; Evans,1957 : 103. (P)
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Pinratana,1981 : 87, pl.14, fig.9,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Ranong)
Arhopala agrata agrata ; Pinratana,1981 : 87, pl.14, fig.10,♂(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 622, pl.282, figs.L237a♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ranong)
Arhopala agrata agrata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 622, pl.282, figs.L237b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Arhopala milleri ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 624, pl.283, figs.L241,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Than To; Narathiwat')
Arhopala aroa esava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.284, figs.L245a♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 656, pl.298, figs.L261a♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ranong)
Arhopala agrata agrata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 656, pl.298, figs.L261b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Arhopala milleri ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 658, pl.299, figs.L265,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Than To; Narathiwat')
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 69, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon)
Arhopala agrata agrata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 69, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong) (in part)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Masui & Uehara,2015 : 24, fig.7a♂,7b♂(Un),8a♀,8b♀(Un). (Pakse)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122. (Koh Kong; Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala agrata binghami ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (S: Dong Nai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 9♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 7♂ 5♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).
Previously, the peninsular populations were treated as the nominotypical subspecies. However, I treat only the population from the southernmost part of Thailand, Yala and Narathiwata, as ssp.agrata, and those from the north as ssp.binghami.


Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1946 : Observations on the Indo-Malayan species of the genus Arhopala Boisduval. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96(5):73-88, 7 pls.


Arhopala agrata binghami ♂ Arhopala agrata binghami ♂
♂, Trat, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2023.09.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.