♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala apha Nicéville, 1895 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):287-289. 'pl.O, fig.31,♂,♂(Un).' TL : Martaban, Tenasserim. (♂) Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.apha ● ssp.athada

1♀ Type, 'Assam Valley' [Ataran Valley], Tenasserim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 81, figs.♀,♀(Un).
' 1♂ Type, 'Assam Valley' [Ataran Valley], Tenasserim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 80, figs.♂,♂(Un).' [Arhopala cleander].

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Pinratana,1981 : 91, pl.15, fig.2,♂(Un). (no data)
Arhopala athada apha ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 73, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)

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Arhopala cleander regia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.116, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thakhek)
Arhopala cleander regia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 60, fig.L-84,♂. (Phu Quoc)
Arhopala athada apha ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (C: Phu Quoc)

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 1♂.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m).
The male type specimen shown in Sheela et al.,2019 and the figure in the original description appears to be Arhopala cleander. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Nicéville, L.de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, pls.N-Q.

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.