Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe Doherty, 1889

Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ♂ Up. Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ♂ Un. Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ♀ Up. Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ♀ Un.
♂, 2016.04.09. Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
(photo by K.Yano)
♀, 2016.04.09. Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
(photo by K.Yano)

ON : Arhopala belphoebe Doherty, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt.II 58(4):421, pl.23, fig.18.
TL : Myitta, [Dawei, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, C.Thailand, Laos, Yunnan.
Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 34-35, figs.70,♂,♂(Un). (Nakhon Nayok)
Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.06.01)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala belphoebe ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.114, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phong Si)
Arhopala belphoebe ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ 1♀, 2016.04.09. K.Yano
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand.
The butterfly is rare in montane forests at moderate elevations. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Doherty, W.,1889 : On certain Lycaenidae from lower Tenasserim.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt.II. 58(4):409-440, pl.23.

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 belphoebe belphoebe ♂ Arhopala belphoebe belphoebe ♀
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano) ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

1999.07.11 - 2023.06.30.

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