♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia selta Hewitson, 1869 OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(4):14f, pl.3a, figs.36, 37. TL : "Maulmain" [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar]. (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar (Kayah State to Myeik), P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Vietnam. [? Laos]

[ THAILAND ]
Narathura selta selta ; Evans,1957 : 103. (P)
Arhopala selta selta ; Pinratana,1981 : 88, pl.14, fig.12,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Arhopala selta selta ; Seki,1986 : 14, figs.22,♀,23,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Arhopala selta selta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 624, pl.283, figs.L239,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok'; 'Wang Chin'; Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala selta selta ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.08.01)
Arhopala selta selta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 656, pl.298, figs.L263,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok'; 'Wang Chin'; Ranong; Than To)
Arhopala selta selta ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 70, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Arhopala selta selta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 185, figs.Abb.L-291-292. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala selta selta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, not fig. (list only)
Arhopala selta selta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala selta selta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 60. (C: Thua Thien Hue)

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 7♂ 4♀.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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Trang : 3♂.

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Satun (incl. Koh Tarutao) : 2♂.

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Pattani : 1♂.

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Narathiwat : 1♂.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m).
The width of the marginal black border of the male UpF is rather variable. The records from Doi Pha Hom Pok and Wang Chin, N. Thailand in Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) are doubtful. These need to be confirmed as I have not seen any specimens from N. Thailand. Further distributional research 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]

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.

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

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.