Arhopala epimete duessa  Doherty, 1889

Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Un. Arhopala epimete duessa ♀ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Un. Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.
Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Un. Arhopala epimete duessa ♀ Up. Arhopala epimete duessa ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala duessa Doherty, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 58(4):419, pl.23, fig.6,♂,♂(Un).
TL : Myitta, Burma. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Langkawi.
Arhopala epimete duessa map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia duessa ; Godfrey,1930 : 336-337. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Pinratana,1981 : 97, pl.16, figs.7,♂,8,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Ranong)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 640, pl.291, figs.L269,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phrae)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 674, pl.307, figs.L293,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phrae)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 79, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Tarutao Is.)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.16)

[ LAOS ]
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.118, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay; Phong Si)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Onodera,2022 : 87, pl.218, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Nahin)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala epimete ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 43. (Thua Thien Hue: Phong Dien)
Arhopala epimete duessa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (C: Thua Thien Hue)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 6♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Doherty, W.,1889 : On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 58(4):409-440, 2 pls.


Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Arhopala epimete duessa ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Arhopala epimete duessa ♂ Arhopala epimete duessa ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.