♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Halpe wantona Swinhoe, 1893 OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):325-326. TL : Shillong, Assam. (♂, NHML) Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.

Halpe confusa Evans,1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 395. TL. Manipur. (♂, NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe wantona ; Pinratana,1985 : 56, not fig. (Nakhon Nayok; Tak; Ranong)
Halpe wantona ; Kimura,1997 ; 41, pl.3, figs.49,♂,50,♂(Un). (Yala: Than To)
Halpe wantona ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 12, fig.15,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Gok Tum)
Halpe wantona ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 780, pl.358, figs.H135,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Halpe wantona ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 58, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Nakohn Nayok; Muang Shone; Than To WF.)
Halpe wantona ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 832, pl.384, figs.H132,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)
[ Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 88, figs.Abb.H-113-114. (Phang Nga) ]

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Halpe wantona ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 81, pl.113, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Halpe wantona ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Xaignabouri)
Halpe wantona ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe wantona ; Onodera,2022 : 113, pl.249, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Khammouan: Nahin)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe wantona ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 166. (Muong Nhe; Ba Na)
Halpe wantona ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 124. (S: Cat Tien)
Halpe wantona ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; Bach Ma)
Halpe wantona ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-145,♂. (Bin Thuna: Dong Tien)
Halpe wantona ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (N / C / S: Binh Thuan)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 7♂ 3♀.

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Lampang : 2♂ 1♀.

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Chaiyaphum : 1♂.

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Kanchanaburi : 3♂ (incl. photo).

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Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.

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Yala : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Vientiane : 2♂ (incl. photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1100m) Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
This species can only be distinguished from related species by examination of the male genitalia. Further distributional research is needed.

Swinhoe, C.,1893 : A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part 1.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):267-330.

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

♀+♂, Yala, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.