Arhopala oenea

Arhopala oenea (Hewitson, 1869)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia oenea Hewitson, 1869
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(4):14e, pl.3c, fig.55,[♂](Un).
TL : Darjeeling, [N.India]. (NHML)

Distribution : India (Sikkim; Assam), Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala oenea ; Pinratana,1981 : 81, pl.36, figs.1,♂(Un),4,♂. (Chiang Mai)
'Arhopala oenea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 612, pl.277, figs.L212,♀(Laos),♀(Un,Laos).'
'Arhopala oenea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 644, pl.292, figs.L238,♀(Laos),♀(Un,Laos).'

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala oenea ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.34,♂. (Vientiane)
Arhopala oenea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.114, figs.♂,♀(Un),♀. (Xiang Khouang; Lak Sao)
Arhopala oenea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.
Arhopala oenea ; Onodera,2022 : 87, pl.218, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala oenea oenea ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 61, figs.L-89,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Arhopala oenea ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 42. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Arhopala oenea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Kon Tum to Lam Dong / S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 7♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 700m). Further taxonomic study is needed.

Hewitson, W.C.,1863-1878; Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Part I. Lycaenidae.
London, John Van Voorst.
(1):1-37 [sic], pls.1-16. (6.Jul.1863) ; (2):37-76, pls.17-30. (24.Jun.1865) ; (3):77-114, pls.31-46. (1.Apr.1867) ; (4):115-136, 14a-14h, supplementary pp.1-16, pls.47-54, 3a-3c, supplementary pls.1-5. (30.Apr.1869) ; (5):137-151 [sic], pls.55-59, supplementary pl.6. (10.Feb.1873) ; (6):151-185 [sic], pls.60-73. (1.Dec.1874) ; (7):185-209 [sic], pls.74-83 (Jan.1877) ; (8):209-228, supplementary pp. 17-35 [sic], 35-47, pls.84-85, 88-92, supplementary pls.1a-1b, 3a-3b, 4a, 5a-5b, 7-8. (Nov.1878) [pls. 86-87 were never published]

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.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2022.06.30.