Arhopala avatha avatha  Nicéville, [1896]

Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Up. Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Un. Arhopala avatha avatha ♀ Up. Arhopala avatha avatha ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Up. Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Un. Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Up. Arhopala avatha avatha ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arrhopala [sic] avatha Nicéville,[1896]
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2):174-175, pl.T, fig.34,♂.
TL : N.E.Sumatra. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.
Arhopala avatha avatha map

Type Material Information

1♂ Type, Aug.1894. Sumatra. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 86, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala avatha ; Pinratana,1981 : 80, pl.13, fig.5,♂(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala avatha ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 610, pl.276, figs.L209,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala avatha avatha ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 642, pl.291, figs.L235,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala avatha avatha ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 58, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
Arhopala avathina avathina ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 61, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 10♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 700m).
Kimura et al.,2014 recorded Arhopala avathina from Yala. However, the figured specimen is considered to be Arhopala avatha. I would like to delete Arhopala avathina from the list until a reliable specimen is found.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,[1896] : On new and little-known Lepidoptera from the Indo-Malayan Region, (2).
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2):169-194, pls.R,S,T.

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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