♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Amblypodia ariana ssp. OD : TL : Distribution : SE.Thailand, Vietnam. ● ssp.ariana ● ssp. ● ssp.wilcocksi

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Pinratana,1981 : 85, pl.31, figs.12,♀,13,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Arhopala havilandi kota ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.281, figs.L231,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida aida ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.281, figs.L233,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida wilcocksi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.296, figs.L255b♂(right),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Arhopala aida aida ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.297, figs.L257,♀(left),♀(left,Un). (in part)
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 67. (by literature)
Arhopala ariana ssp. ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

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Arhopala ariana ; Corbet,1948 : 94. (S.Annam)
Arhopala ariana ariana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (by literature)

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Sa Kaeo : 1♀.

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Chanthaburi : 4♂ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama).

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Khanh Hoa : 4♂.

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Lam Dong : 1♂ 2♀.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30m - 150m).
The populations from S.E. Thailand and Vietnam are similar to ssp.ariana, but the underside of both wings have a very strong pink lustre. The females have a broader black border on the upperside of both wings. I tentatively treat them as an unnamed taxon, but the two populations from S.E. Thailand and Vietnam are also rather different. They may be distinct subspecies, as Corbet (1948) pointed out. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VII.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):610-639, 1 pl.

Corbet, A.S.,1948 : Revisional Notes on Oriental Lycaenidae: I.
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 17:93-97.

♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)	♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

2023.07.31 - 2024.06.30.