Arhopala asinarus tounguva

Arhopala asinarus tounguva (Grose-Smith, 1887)


♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.		♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia tounguva Grose-Smith,1887
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:268.
TL : Toungu, Burmah. (♀, NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand.

	● ssp.asinarus
	● ssp.tounguva

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia tounguva ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 965. (Siam)
Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; Pinratana,1981 : 96, pl.16, fig.2,♂(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 638, pl.290, figs.L266b♀,♂(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[?](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.05.16)
Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 672, pl.306, figs.L290b♀,♂(Un). (Trang)
Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 78. (by literature)
'Arhopala asinarus tounguva ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chumphon) (accessed: 2023.06.27)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 150m).
S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023 recoeded this taxon from Chumphon, in the northern part of peninsular Thailand. I tentatively treat it as ssp.tounguva, but a comparison of the upper side of the specimen is needed.

Literature

Grose-Smith, H.,1887 : Descriptions of eight new Species of Asiatic Butterflies.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:265-268.

♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2009.06.30 - 2023.06.30.