ON : Arhopala anella Nicéville, 1895 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):289-290, pl.P, fig.32,♀. TL : Perak, Malay Peninsula. (♀, NZC) Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Type ♀, Perak. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 79, figs.♀,♀(Un).

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Yala : Betong dist., 2024.02.05. 1♀, S.Atdhabhan (photo).

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The butterfly was discovered by Satawan Atdhaban on 05.Feb.2024 in Betong, Yala.
I tentatively treated it here as a member of the genus Arhopala, but as with Flos abseus, it is more likely to be a member of the genus Flos. Further distributional and taxonomic 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, pl.N-Q, (4):366-410.

♀, 2024.02.05, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2024.02.29.