♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Petchaburi, Thailand.

ON : Ismene amara Moore, 1866 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 783. TL : "N.E.Bengal", [N.E.Bengal, India]. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Guangxi, Hainan.

Ismene amara pindapatra Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(5): 62. TL. 'Assam, Naga- und Khasiahills' [Assam]. (NHML)

amara ; ♂, Type (red), H2395, Bengal. (NHML, examined)
pindappatra ; ♂, Type (red), H2396, Assam. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Ismene amara ; Godfrey,1930 : 356. (Me Wong)
Bibasis amara ; Evans,1949 : 50. (Siam)
Bibasis amara ; Pinratana,1985 : 16, pl.3, figs.7,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Ratchaburi; Kanchanaburi; Chonburi; Chanthaburi)
Bibasis gomata gomata ; Pinratana,1985 : pl.3, fig.8a♂. (in part)
Burara amara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 724, pl.331, figs.H9,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi)
Burara amara ; Chiba,2009 : 13, pl.4, fig.11,♂. (Chiang Rai; Chiang Dao; Mewong; Fang; Chantaburi)
Burara amara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 22, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo)
Burara amara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 772, pl.355, figs.H8,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi)
Burara amara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Ratchaburi; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2024.06.17)

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Burara amara ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.44,♂,♂(Un). (Luang Phabang)
Burara amara ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.130, fig.♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Burara amara ; Chiba,2009 : 13, pl.4, fig.11♂. (Laos)
Burara amara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.

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Bibasis amara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 155. (N: Ba Be; Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis amara ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 58, figs.1:3,♂,4,♂(Un),5:2(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis amara ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12. (Cuc Phuong)
Burara amara ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, fig.H-135,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Burara amara ; Chiba,2009 : 13, pl.4, fig.11,♂. (N / C)
Bibasis amara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 70. (N / C)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 700m) and is crepuscular. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 755-822, 3 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(5): 57-72. (1.May.1911)

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix + 1-502, pls.1-35. London.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2024.06.30.