Arhopala selta selta  (Hewitson, [1869])

Arhopala selta selta ♂ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♂ Un. Arhopala selta selta ♀ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala selta selta ♂ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♂ Un. Arhopala selta selta ♀ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala selta selta ♂ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♂ Un. Arhopala selta selta ♂ Up. Arhopala selta selta ♂ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia selta Hewitson, [1869]
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1:14f, pl.3a, figs.36,37.
TL : Maulmein. (♀, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Myanmar (Karens to Mergui), Vietnam. [? Laos]
Arhopala selta selta map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Narathura selta selta ; Evans,1957 : 103. (P)
Arhopala selta selta ; Pinratana,1981 : 88, pl.14, fig.12,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Arhopala selta selta ; Seki,1986 : 14, figs.22,♀,23,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala selta selta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 624, pl.283, figs.L239,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok'; 'Wang Chin'; Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala selta selta ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.08.01)
Arhopala selta selta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 656, pl.298, figs.L263,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok'; 'Wang Chin'; Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala selta selta ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 70, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Arhopala selta selta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 185, figs.Abb.L-291-292. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala selta selta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, not fig. (list only)
Arhopala selta selta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala selta selta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Thua Thien Hue)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 7♂ 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Trang : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (incl. Koh Tarutao) : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m).
The width of the marginal black border of the male UpF is rather variable. The records from Doi Pha Hom Pok and Wang Chin, N.Thailand in Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 are doubtful. These need to be confirmed as I have not seen any specimens from N.Thailand. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1863-1878 : Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae.
London, van Vorst. x+229pp. and 14a-14h, Suppl. 1-47; pls. (108, numbered;)
1-85, 88-92, 3a,3b,3c, Suppl.I-VII, Ia, Ib, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, Va, Vb. In 8 parts.


Arhopala selta selta ♂
♂, 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.