♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Deudorix distanti Staudinger, 1889 OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):121. TL : Malay Pen. Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra.

Iroata [sic] nila Distant, 1886 : Rhop. malayana : 462-463, pl.44, fig.24,♀. TL. Malay Pen. (homonym)

nila ; Lectotype ♀, Malacca. designated by Takanami,1989. (MNHU)

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Iraota distanti distanti ; Pinratana,1981 : 110, pl.19, fig.12,♀(Un). (Yala)
Iraota distanti distanti ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.06 ; accessed: 2023.07.03)
Iraota distanti distanti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 658, pl.300, figs.L306,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Ranong)
Iraota distanti distanti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 696, pl.318, figs.L330,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Ranong)
Iraota distanti distanti ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 93, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Thaleban)
Iraota distanti distanti ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2022.07.01)

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Ranong : 1♀.

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Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 100 - 1000m).

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.

Takanami, Y.,1989 : On Some Type Specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera).
Tyô to Ga 40(1):23-80.

♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
♀ (laying egg), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.	My wonderful friends! were waiting for a female in front of the host plants. Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.07.31.