Arhopala asinarus asinarus  Felder & Felder, [1865]

Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Up. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Un. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♀ Up. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Up. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Un. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Up. Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Arhopala asinarus Felder & Felder, [1865]
OD : Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2):235-236.
TL : Cochin. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam.
● ssp.asinarus
ssp.tounguva
Arhopala asinarus asinarus map

Synonym

Arhopala agelastus enoma Corbet, 1946 : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96(5):85. TL. S.Annam. (♀, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Narathura asinarus asinarus ; Evans,1957 : 122. (Siam)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Pinratana,1981 : 97. not fig. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Uthai Thani)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 638, pl.290, figs.L266a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 672, pl.306, figs.L290a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 78, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Bangkok)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.118, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thabok; Phong Si)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122, fig.4I. (Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Amblypodia tounguva ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 965. (Annam)
Amblypodia tounguva ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (C)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.L-180,♂. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (C / S: Dong Nai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ CAMBODIA ]
Siem Reap : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 600m).


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1865-1875 :
Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band:
Abtheilung. Wien : vi + 548 + [1] pp in 5 parts, 140 pls.

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 asinarus asinarus ♂ Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂ Arhopala asinarus asinarus ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

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