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" [Myitta, Dawei Dist., Tanintharyi Region, 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 ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.06.01)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala belphoebe ; Osada et al.,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 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.

Corbet, A.S.,1946 : Observations on the Indo-Malayan species of the genus Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96: 73-88, 7 pls.

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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