♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala agesilaus gesa Corbet, 1941 OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):157. TL : 'Langkawi Island; Mergui'. (NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka.

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Narathura agesilaus gesa ; Evans,1957 : 96. (P)
Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Pinratana,1981 : 80, pl.13, fig.4,♂(Un) ; pl.36, figs.3,♂(Un),6,♂. (Satun: Ko Tarutao)
Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Seki,1986 : 12. (Ranong)
Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 610, pl.276, figs.L208,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un) (in part).
Arholapa agesilaus ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, figs.L208,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 642, pl.291, figs.L234,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Satun; Ranong)
Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 58, figs.♂(Khlong Naka),♂(Khlong Naka,Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Than To WF.) (in part)
'Arhopala agesilaus gesa ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 181, figs.Abb.L-271-272. (Phang Nga)'

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Ranong : 7♂ 1♀.

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Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 2♀.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).
The figured male specimen from Than To WF., in Kimura et al. (2014) appears to be Arhopala norda or Arhopala major.

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.

1999.07.18 - 2023.09.30.