♂, 2024.03.23, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Arhopala ammon chunsu Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(2): 137. TL : "Nord-Ost-Sumatra, auf den Battakbergen" [Battak Mountains, N.E.Sumatra]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Sumatra. ● ssp.ammonides ● ssp. ● ssp.chunsu

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala ammonides chunsu ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2025– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2026.05.15)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 2♂ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
Betong dist., 2024.03.23, 1♂, S.Atdhabhan (YI).

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New to Thailand. The first specimen was obtained by Satawan Atdhabhan on 23.Mar.2024 in Betong district, Yala.
The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 650 - 800m).

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Arhopala Rassen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(2): 121-137. (30.Jun.1914)

Corbet, A.S.,1946 : Observations on the Indo-Malayan species of the genus Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 96: 73-88, 7 pls.

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.

♂, 2024.03.23, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2024.06.30 - 2026.05.31.