Arhopala buddha cooperi (Evans, 1925)

Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂ Up. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂ Un. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♀ Up. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂ Up. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂ Un. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♀ Up. Arhopala buddha cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia cooperi Evans,1925
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):631.
TL : "Mergui" [Myeik, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Chumphon and Southward), Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Siberut.
Arhopala buddha cooperi map

Synonyms

Arhopala cooperi gana Corbet, 1941 : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):163. TL. 'Kedah, [W.Malaysia]; "Malaya" [W.Malaysia]; Sumatra'. (NHML)
Arhopala cooperi siberuta Corbet, 1941 : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):163. TL. Siberut, Mentawi Islands, [Indonesia]. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Narathura buddha cooperi ; Evans,1957 : 119. (P)
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Pinratana,1981 : 93, pl.15, fig.8,♂(Un) ; pl.33, figs.4,♂(Un),5,♂(Un),8,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Seki,1986 : 16,18. (Ranong)
Arhopala ace arata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.281, figs.L234,♂(right),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 634, pl.288, figs.L255,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 668, pl.304, figs.L279,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 75, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tenasserim; Kam Puan; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Thaleban)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala buddha cooperi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (S: Dong Nai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 9♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂ (photo & photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m).


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.,1941 : A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):149-183, figs.1-114.


Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂ Arhopala buddha cooperi ♂
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

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