♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Lycaenesthes lycaenina miya Fruhstorfer, 1916 OD : Zool. Meded. 2(2): 101. TL : 'Borneo; Sintang; Nord-Ost-Sumatra'. Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra. ● ssp.lycambes ● ssp.miya

[ THAILAND ]
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Tite,1966 : 269. (Siam)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Pinratana,1981 : 70, pl.30, fig.6,♂(Un). (Yala)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 590, pl.267, fig.L159b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.07.14)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 614, pl.278, figs.L182b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 153, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To WF.) (partim)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 170-171, figs.Abb.L-242-245. (Phang Nga)
Anthene lycaenina miya ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.19)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 4♂ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
The populations in peninsular Thailand are not so clearly distinguished from ssp.lycambes, as noted by Kimura et al. (2014). The ground color of both surface is slightly darker, and the red spot in space 3 on the UnH tends to be more reddish and prominent. I tentatively treat it as ssp.miya. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1916 : Uebersicht der Indo-Australischen Lycaenesthes-Formen.
Zool. Meded. 2(2): 96-102. (30.Aug.1916)

Tite, G.E.,1966 : A Revision of the Genus Anthene from the Oriental Region (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18(8): 253-275, 2 pls, 28 text-figs. London.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♂, Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.11 - 2024.06.30.