♂, 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, Tavoy. (♂, NHML) Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, C.Thailand, Laos, Yunnan.

[ 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.

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

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

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.

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

1999.07.11 - 2023.06.30.