♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ genitalia. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia eltola Hewitson, 1869 OD : Ill. exot. Butts. 4(70):[112], pl.[59], fig.40. TL : "Darjeeling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML) Distribution : NW.India, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

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'Parnara eltola ; Godfrey,1916 : 146. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)'
'Baoris eltola ; Godfrey,1930 : 386. (Chiang Rai: Doi Chang; Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Sriracha)'
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Pinratana,1985 : 110, pl.38, fig.254,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Polytremis discreta discreta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 838. figs.H293,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 838, pl.386, figs.H294,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 104, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Inthanon; Maethro; Khun Lao Villege; Doi Phu Kha)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 904, pl.418, figs.H291,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)

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Polytremis eltola ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 85. not fig. (Muong Kassy)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.143, fig.♂. (Oudomxay)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Onodera,2022 : 124, pl.261, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

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Polytremis eltola eltola ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 178. (Ba Be)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 151. (Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 130. (S: Dalat; Bi Doup - Nui Ba)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-122,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, fig.H-122,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 43. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Polytremis eltola eltola ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (N / C: to Lam Dong)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1100 - 1700m). Both sexes visit flowers. The records of Godfrey (1916, 1930) are likely to be misidentifications.
Zhang et al. (2023:83) proposed Zenonoida as a subgenus of Zenonia based on molecular analysis. However, for the purposes of markings, genitalia and biogeography, I follow conventional taxonomy here.

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.

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.

Fan, X., Chiba, H., Huang, Z., Fei, W. Wang, M. & Safian, S.,2016 :
Clarification of the Phylogenetic Framework of the Tribe Baorini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Inferred from Multiple Gene Sequences
PloS One 11(7):e0156861.

Tang, J., Huang, Z., Chiba, H., Han, Y., Wang, M. & Fan X.,2017 : Systematics of the genus Zinaida Evans, 1937 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Baorini)
PloS One 12(11):e0188883.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & Grishin, N.V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report 11(3):1-94.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.07.31 - 2025.01.31.