Arhopala allata pandora Corbet, 1941

Arhopala allata pandora ♂ Up. Arhopala allata pandora ♂ Un. Arhopala allata pandora ♀ Up. Arhopala allata pandora ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala allata pandora ♂ Up. Arhopala allata pandora ♂ Un. Arhopala allata pandora ♀ Up. Arhopala allata pandora ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala allata pandora Corbet, 1941
OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):154.
TL : "Malaya" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra.
● ssp.atarana
ssp.suffusa ?
ssp.pandra
Arhopala allata pandora map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala allata pandora ; Pinratana,1981 : 81. not fig. (Ranong; Trang)
Arhopala allata pandora ; Seki,1986 : 12, fig.6,♀. (Ranong)
Arhopala allata pandora ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 612, pl.277, figs.L210b♀,♀(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala allata pandora ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 644, pl.292, figs.L236,♀,♀ (in part). (Trang) (in part)
Arhopala allata pandora ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 59, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 150m).


Literature

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.


Arhopala allata pandora ♂
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.11 - 2022.06.30.

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