♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Tak, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Ismene etelka Hewitson, 1867 OD : Ill. exot. Butts. 4(62):[104], pl.[55], figs.14, 15. TL : Sarawak. (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palawan, Mindanao.

♂, Type (red), H2383, Sarawak. (NHML, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Bibasis etelka ; Pinratana,1985 : 15, pl.2, figs.4,♂,♀. (Yala)
Burara etelka ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 722, pl.330, figs.H6,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Bibasis harisa consobrina ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.02 ; accessed: 2023.07.12)
Burara harisa harisa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.331, figs.H7a ♂,♂(Un) (in part).
Burara etelka ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 14. (Than To; Khao Yai)
Burara etelka etelka ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.12.08)
Burara etelka ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 22, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kam Puan; Than To WF.)
Burara etelka etelka ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 770, pl.354, figs.H5,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Than To; Thong Pha Phum; Khao Yai)
Burara etelka etelka ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.07.12)

[ LAOS ]
Burara etelka ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.130, fig.♀. (Oudomxay)
Burara etelka ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.
Burara etelka etelka ; Onodera,2022 : 101, pl.235, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Burara etelka etelka ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 124, fig.6B. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Bibasis etelka ; Lemée,1950 : 23. (Backan)
Bibasis etelka ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 154. (N: Tam Dao)
Burara etelka ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, fig.H-134,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Bibasis etelka etelka ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 70. (N: Vinh Phuc)

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 4♂.

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Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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Ranong : 4♂.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Satun : 1♂ (photo by D.Sargeant).

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Yala : 2♂ (incl. photo).

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Lam Dong : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m) and is crepuscular. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Hewitson, W.C.,1852-1877 : Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
5 vols. John Van Voorst, London.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.07.31 - 2024.11.30.