ON : Aphnaeus rukma Nicéville, 1889 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 57(4): 281–282, pl.14, fig.6,♂. TL : Sikkim. Distribution : Sikkim. [? Laos]

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis nipalicus rukma: Osada et al.,1999 : 218, pl.122, fig.♂(Un). (Phong Saly)
Spindasis rukma: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

In Osada et al. (1999), only the underside was shown. The upper surface needs to be examined, but I suspect that this could be Cigaritis evansii ayuthia. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Nicéville, L. de, 1889. On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 57(4): 273–293, pls. 13,14.

Zhang, J, Cong, Q, Shen, J, Song, L. & Grishin, N.V, 2023. Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics.
The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 11(3): 1–93.

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