♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)
♂, Lampang, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Dodona dracon Nicéville, 1897 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2)66(3):555-556, pl.2, fig.14,♂. TL : "Kangmong in Hsenwi, North Shan States, Upper Burma" [Hsenwi, N.Shan State, Myanmar]. Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Type ♂, 9.Mar.1895. Kangmong, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 293, figs.♂,♂(Un).

[ THAILAND ]
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; Godfrey,1932b : 326. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angka)
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 78. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angkah)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Pinratana,1988 : 41, pl.37, figs.7,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 508, pl.228, figs.R7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 520, pl.233, figs.L7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 18, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khun Lao Village; Maetro)
Dodona dracon ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.18)

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Dodona dipoea ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.103, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nam Tha; Xam Neua)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Onodera,2009b : 37,38. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.11, figs.Ri-8,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Pan)
Dodona dracon ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5B♂,5C♂(Un),5D♀,5E♀(Un). (Houa Phan; Luang Nam Tha)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai; Houaphan: Phou Pan)

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Dodona dracon ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai; Hoang Lien)
Dodona dracon ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5J♂,5K♂(Un). (Yen Bai)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 8♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Lampang : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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Nan : 2♂.

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Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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Houaphan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 800 - 1500m). Males are territorial on shrubs and come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. This species seems to be allopatric with Dodona dipoea and Dodona egeon. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Nicéville, L. de,1897 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2, 66(3):543-577, pl.1-4.

Nakamura, N.,2019 : Notes on several species of genus Dodona Hewitson, 1861 occurring in Indochina (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of D.phuongi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 stat.n.
Butterflies 81:22-47.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Lampang, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2024.03.31.