♂, 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 [Mottama, Thaton Dist., Mon State, Myanmar] and Ataran Valley, Tenasserim, Burma [Ataran Valley, Mon State, Myanmar]'. (NZC) Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.apha ● ssp.athada

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].

[ 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)

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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)

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 1♂.

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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.

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.