♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by E.Ikari)
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Guidici)
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Horaga moulmeina sardonyx Frunstorfer, 1914 OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(1): 33. TL : 'Nord-Ost-Sumatra (Montes Battak; Niederung von Deli)' [N.E.Sumatra]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Koh Phangan and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka. ● ssp.onyx ● ssp.sardonyx

sardonyx ; Holotype ♂, N.E.Sumatra. (NHML)

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Horaga onyx onyx ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♀]. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.07.30)
Horaga onyx sardonyx ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 36, figs.82,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Horaga onyx sardonyx ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.07.04)

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevationas (Alt. 50 - 700m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and occur sympatrically with Horaga syrinx maenala in Yala. Time of male activity is different between the two species. In syrinx from about 11:00 to 14:30 while in onyx from about 15:00 to 16:00.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Lycaenidae.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(1): 33-35. (31.Mar.1914)

Cowan, C.F.,1966 : Indo-oriental Horagini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18(4): 103-141, 3 pls.

♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.