♂, Narathiwat, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Satun, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Trang, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
♀, Satun, Thailand.		♀, Pattani, Thailand.
♀, Trang, Thailand.		♀, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Sithon moorei Distant, 1882 OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:246-247. TL : Province Wellesley, Malay Pen. Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Lingga, Singkep, Natuna, Karimata. ● ssp.boisduvalii ● ssp. ● ssp.corbeti ● ssp.moorei

Biduanda similis H.H.Druce, 1895 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):616. TL. Borneo. (NHML)
Marmessus moorei sumatranus Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):272. TL. N.E.Sumatra.
Marmessus moorei sumatranus f.battakana Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):272. TL. N.E.Sumatra. (NHML)
Marmessus moorei nola Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):250. TL. Brunei. (NHML)

similis ; Holotype ♂, 'Borneo' [? East Malaysia; Sabah] (NHML)
battakana ; Holotype ♂, Battak Mountains, N.E.Sumatra. (NHML)
nola ; Holotype ♂, Brunei. (NHML)

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Marmessus moorei ; Pendlebury,1923 : 46. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Marmessus moorei ; Godfrey,1930 : 345. ("N: Chiengra"; Nakon Sri Thammarat)
Marmessus moorei ; Godfrey,1932a : 273. (P)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Cowan,1974 : 303. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Pinratana,1981 : 122, pl.22, figs.13,♂,14,♀,15,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 672, pl.308, figs.L325b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.07.30)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 710, pl.325, figs.L349b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakon Si Thammarat; Yala)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 105-106, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Tarutao Is; Than To)
Drupadia ravindra moorei ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.07.04)

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan) : 1♀.

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The butterfly is common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 350m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.
There is a tendency for the female red patch on the UpF to get smaller and smaller from north to south. However, it is very variable even in the same locality.

Distant, W.L.,1882 : Undescribed Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:245-248.

Druce, H.H.,1895 : A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):556-627, pls.31-34.

Fruhstorfer, H.,[1912] :
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begrundet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs.

Cowan, C.F.,1974 : The Indo-Oriental Genus Drupadia Moore (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 29:283-656, 6 pls.

♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.
♀, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.