Arhopala kurzi (Distant, 1885)

Arhopala kurzi ♂ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♂ Un. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un.
♂, 2014.06.28. Yala, Thailand. ♀, 2017.03.23. Yala, Thailand.
Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Up. Arhopala kurzi ♀ Un.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala kurzi Distant, 1885
OD : Rhopalocera Malayana: 268, pl.21, fig.1,♂.
TL : Malacca, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Nakhon Si Thammarat), W.Malaysia.
Arhopala kurzi map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala kurzi ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 35, figs.71,♂,♂(Un),72,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala kurzi ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.01)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat: 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 5♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
1♂, 2014.06.28. P.Sukkit (YI) ; 1♀, 2017.03.23. Y.Inayoshi (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The male specimen shown above is the first one found in Thailand. The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 800m).


Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan. xvi + 482 + [4] pp, 46 pls.

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 kurzi ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2018.11.30 - 2023.06.30.

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