♀, 2015.06.27. Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arrhopala [sic] azata Nicéville, [1896] OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2):172-174, pl.T, figs.32,♂,33,♀. TL : Perak, Malay Pen. (♂, NZC) Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Sumatra. ● ssp.opalina ● ssp.fruhstorferi ● ssp.sphendale ● ssp.azata

1♂ Type, Perak. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 87, figs.♂,♂(Un).

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : Betong dist. 2015.06.27. 1♀, Y.Inayoshi (YI).

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Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 and Kimura et al.,2014 recorded Arhopala opalina azata from Ranong, but these are considered to be a different subspecies. Thus, this is the first record of true ssp.azata from Thailand. The butterfly is rare and found in montane forest at moderate elevations (Alt.700m)

Nicéville, L. de.,[1896] : On new and little-known Lepidoptera from the Indo-Malayan Region, (2).
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2):169-194, pls.R,S,T.

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.

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