Arhopala athada apha Nicéville, 1895

Arhopala athada apha ♂ Up. Arhopala athada apha ♂ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala apha Nicéville, 1895
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):287-289. 'pl.O, fig.31,♂,♂(Un).'
TL : Martaban, Maulmain and Ataran Valley, "Tenasserim, Burma" [Tanintharyi, Myanmar]. (NZC)
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
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Arhopala athada apha map

Type Material Information

1♀ Type, 'Assam Valley' [Ataran Valley], Tenasserim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 81, figs.♀,♀(Un).
' 1♂ Type, 'Assam Valley' [Ataran Valley], Tenasserim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 80, figs.♂,♂(Un).' [Arhopala cleander].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Pinratana,1981 : 91, pl.15, fig.2,♂(Un). (no data)
Arhopala athada apha ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 73, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala cleander regia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.116, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thakhek)
Arhopala cleander regia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala athada apha ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 60, fig.L-84,♂. (Phu Quoc)
Arhopala athada apha ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (C: Phu Quoc)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m).
The male type specimen shown in Sheela et al.,2019 and the figure in the original description appears to be Arhopala cleander. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, pls.N-Q.


1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

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