Arhopala varro varro  Fruhstorfer, 1914

Arhopala varro varro ♂ Up. Arhopala varro varro ♂ Un. Arhopala varro varro ♀ Up. Arhopala varro varro ♀ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, 1993.10.24. Omkoi dist., Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala varro varro ♂ Up. Arhopala varro varro ♂ Un.
♂, 2002.12.--. Di Linh, Lam Dong, Vietnam.

ON : Arhopala camdeo varro Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):161-162.
TL : Tandong, Karen Hills. (♀)
Distribution : Myanmar, W.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
● ssp.varro
ssp.selama
Arhopala varro varro map

Synonym

Amblypodia karennia Evans, 1925 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):626, fig. TL. Karens. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 604, pl.273, figs.L197,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala varro varro ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 636, pl.288, figs.L222,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala varro varoo ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 54. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Onodera & Kusumoto,2023 : 50-51, figs.5,♂,5v,♂(Un), 6,map. (Xaysomboun: Nam Phang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala varro varro ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 59. (S: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : Omkoi dist. 1993.10.24. 1♀, LC (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 3♂ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama & Y.Inayoshi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : Di Linh. 2002.12.--. 1♂ LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand and Vietnam.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 900m). Males form flight paths along streams and fly back and forth along them, frequently chasing each other.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H., 1914 : Neue Arhopala Rassen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):155-166.

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VII.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):610-639, 1 pl.

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):149-183, figs.1-114.

Evans, W.H.,1957 : A Revision of the Arhopala Group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 5(3):85-141.


Arhopala varro varro ♂ Arhopala varro varro ♂
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
Arhopala varro varro ♂ Arhopala varro varro ♂
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Arhopala varro varro ♂
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.07.11 - 2023.10.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.