Arhopala alax
(Evans, 1932)
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
ON :
Amblypodia alax Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.): 263.
TL : 'Manipur, [NE.India] - Dawnas [Dawna Range, Myanmar]' [Manipur, NE.India]. (NHML)
Distribution : India (Manipur), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
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Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia alax ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 79. (Lampang: Me Htam forest)
Narathura alax ; Evans,1957 : 105. (W)
Arhopala alax ; Pinratana,1981 : 87, pl.14, fig.8,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala alax ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.282, figs.L236,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Arhopala alax ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 654, pl.297, figs.L260,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Arhopala alax ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 68, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep) (in part)
[ LAOS ]
Arhopala alax ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 74, pl.105, fig.A4(Un). (Dan Sum, Vientiane)
Arhopala alax ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, not fig. (list only)
Arhopala alax ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.
[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala alax ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Lam Dong)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).
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Tak : 1♂.
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Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in semi-dried forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 900m).
Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Further distributional research is needed.
Literature
Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras: 10 + 454 pp, 32 pls, 9f.
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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| ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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| ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.
