♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Panchala ? [sic] paramuta Nicéville, 1884 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 52(2/4): 81, pl.9, figs.7,♂, 7a♀. TL : Sikkim. (NZC) Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Guangdong, Hong Kong.

Darasana newara Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 53(1): 42; TL: Nepal. (NHML)
Arhopala qiongdaoensis Chou & Gu, 1994; In: Chou, Monograph. Rhop. Sin.: 769–770, figs.66, 67, pl,635, figs.♀,♀(Un); TL: Jianfengling, Hainan. (RITF)

paramuta  ; Syntypes 1♂ 1♀, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 92, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).
qiongdaoensis  ; Holotype ♀, 13.May.1983, Jianfengling, Hainan, Gu Maobin coll. (RITF) ; Lo & Li, 2026 : figs.3A♀,♀(Un).

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia paramuta: Godfrey,1930 : 336. (Me Lamoung)
Narathura paramuta paramuta: Evans,1957 : 122. (Siam)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Pinratana,1981 : 94, pl.15, fig.11,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 634, pl.288, figs.L259,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pui; Doi Inthanon)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 670, pl.304, figs.L283,♁,♁(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pui; Doi Inthanon)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Kimura et al.,2014 : 76, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tha Ton; Doi Pui; Doi Suthep)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.05.16)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: K. Chaianunporn & T. Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Nishimura,2026 : 34, figs.25,♀,25v♀(Un). (Mae Hong Son: Na Pu Pon)

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Arhopala paramuta: Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.35,♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Osada et al.,1999 : 217, pl.117, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thateng; Xam Neua)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Onodera,2022 : 86, pl.216, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phon Kham; Tha)

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Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 28, fig.L-171,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Yokochi et al.,2015 : 42. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Arhopala paramuta paramuta: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (C: Lam Dong)

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Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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Chiang Mai : 4♂ 7♀ (incl. photo & photo by T.Laola).

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The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate to high elevations (700–1,600 m a.s.l.).

Nicéville, L. de, 1884. On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 52(2/4): 65–91. pls. 1,9–10.

Moore, F, 1884. Descriptions of some New Asiatic Lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained inthe Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 53(1): 16–52.

Evans, W.H, 1957. A Revision of the Arhopala Group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 5(3): 85–141.

Chou, I. (Ed.), 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1 & 2.
Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou, 854 pp.

Lo, Y-F, P. & Li, H-Z, 2026. New synonyms in Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Zootaxa, 5878(2): 293–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.2.8

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♀, Phetchabun, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2026.09.30.