♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)
♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Satadra teesta Nicéville, 1886 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(3):253, pl.11, fig.3,♂. TL : Teesta Valley, Sikkim. (NHML) Distribution : Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan. ● ssp.teesta ● ssp.zalinda

[ THAILAND ]
Amblypodia bazalus ; Godfrey,1930 : 335. (W: Klong Klung)
Narathura bazalus teesta ; Evans,1957 : 110. ('P')
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Pinratana,1981 : 98. not fig. (Chiang Mai; Loei)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 640, pl.291, figs.L270a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Mae Sariang)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 674, pl.307, figs.L294a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Mae Sariang)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 79, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.04.30)

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Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.36,♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.116, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua; Thakhek; Nong Het)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Onodera,2022 : 86, pl.216, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Phou Pan; Xiengkhonang: Phou Thong Mon)

[ VIETNAM ]
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 51, figs.4:3,♂,4,♂(Un),7:31(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Luong et al.,2004 : 11. (Cuc Phuong)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 61, figs.L-90,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Arhopala bazalus teesta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 61. (N / C / S)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Tak : 1♂.

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Chaiyaphum : 1♀ (photo).

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Nakon Nayok : 1♀.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 350 - 1700m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Nicéville, L. de,1886 : On some new Indian Butterflies.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(3):249-256, pl.11.

Evans, W.H.,1957 : A Revision of the Arhopala Group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 5(3):85-141.

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

1999.07.18 - 2023.05.31.