♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala epimuta epiala Corbet, 1941 OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):154. TL : "Malaya" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra. [? Java] ● ssp.elsiei ● ssp.epiala

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala epimuta elsiei ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 57. (Than To WF.) (in part)

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂.

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Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

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Narathiwat : 2♂.

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The populations from Nakhon Si Thammarat and southwards are considered to be ssp.epiala. The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 500m).

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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