♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
♂, Champasak, Laos.		♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

ON : Nacaduba hampsoni Nicéville, 1885 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 54(2):118, pl.2, fig.13,♂. TL : Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, S.India. (♂, NZC) Distribution : S.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Lycaenesthes emolus topa Evans, 1912 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21(3):986. TL. Palni Hills, India. (NHML)

hampsoni ; Type ♂, Ootacamund, S.India. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 152, figs.♂,♂(Un).

[ THAILAND ]
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Pinratana,1981 : 65, pl.35, figs.20,♂,21,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiang Rai; Kanchanaburi; Mae Hong Son; Uthai Thani)
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 584, pl.265, figs.L146,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 608, pl.275, figs.L168a,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Trat; Phrae; Chiang Mai)
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 165, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Mae Hong Song; Kaeng Krachan)
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Chachoengsao; Chanthaburi; Ratchaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.07)

[ LAOS ]
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 72, pl.103, figs.B11,♂,B12,♂(Un). (Nam Moh)
Prosotas noreia hampsonii ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, not fig. (list only)
Prosotas noreia hampsonii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.

[ VIETNAM ]
Prosotas noreia hampsoni ; Kishi,2018 : 48, figs.3,♂,3v♂(Un). (Bin Thuan)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ (incl. photo).

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Xaignabouli : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 250 - 550m). Males are territorial on trees or shrubs and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Nicéville, L.de,1885 : Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 54(2)117-124, 1 pl.

Evans, W.H.,1912 : A list of Indian butterflies.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21(2):553-584, 21(3):969-1008.

Tite, G.E.,1963 : A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13(4):69-116, 91 tf, 2 pls. London.

Kishi, K.,2018 : New records of Lycaenidae in Vietnam.
Butterflies 78:48-49. (in Japanese)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.11 - 2023.06.30.