♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangai dist.), Thailand.

ON : Hypolycaena skapane H.H. Druce,1895 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):604, pl.33. figs.16,♂, 17,♀. TL : "Kina Balu" [Kina Balu, Borneo]. (MfN) Distribution : P.Thailand (Surat Thani and Southward), W.Malaysia, Borneo. ● ssp.watsonis ● ssp.merguia ● ssp.skapane

Chliaria merguia sobanas Fruhstorfer,1914 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):177. TL. Sintang, Westborneo.

skapane ; Lectotype ♂, Kina Balu, N.O.Borneo. designated by Takanami,1986 (MfN) ; Takanami,1989 : 33, figs.A75a♂, 75b♂(Un).

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Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; Pinratana,1981 : 140, pl.24, fig.15,♀. (Yala)
Hypolycaena merguia merguia ; Pinratana,1981 : 140, pl.25, fig.7,♂(Un) ; pl.31, fig.7,♂(Un) ; pl.34, fig.14,♂ ; pl.35, fig.9,♂(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Hypolycaena merguia merguia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.320, figs.L386a♀,♀(Un). (Yala) (in part)
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 700, pl.320, figs.L386b♂,♂(Un). (Yala) (in part)
Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.06 ; accessed: 2023.08.22)
Hypolycaena merguia merguia ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, 'fig.[♂](Un)' [This photo is not taken at Koh Phangan]. (Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.09.03)
Hypolycaena merguia merguia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 744, pl.341, figs.L408b♂,♂(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 744, pl.341, figs.L408c♂,♂(Un),♀(right),♀(right,Un). (Yala) (in part)
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 111, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 203, figs.Abb.L-414,♀,415,♀(Un),416,♀,417,♀(Un). (Phang Nga)
Hypolycaena merguia skapane ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2022- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♀.

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 100 - 580m).

Druce, H.H.,1895 : A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3):556-627, pls.31-34.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Lycaeniden.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):172-178. (31.Jan.1914)

Takanami, Y.,1989 : On Some Type Specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera).
Tyô to Ga 40(1):23-80.

♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.21 - 2024.11.30.