Arhopala ammon ammon (Hewitson, 1862)

Arhopala ammon ammon ♂ Up. Arhopala ammon ammon ♂ Un. Arhopala ammon ammon ♀ Up. Arhopala ammon ammon ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Arhopala ammon ammon ♀ Up. Arhopala ammon ammon ♀ Un.
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

ON : Amblypodia ammon Hewitson, 1862
OD : Spec. Cat. Lyc. Brit. Mus.: 9, pl.5, figs.49,♀, 50,♀(Un).
TL : Singapore. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Ranong), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra.
Arhopala ammon ammon map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Arhopala ammon ammon ; Pinratana,1981 : 101. not fig. (list only)
Arhopala ammon ammon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 646, pl.294, figs.L281,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala ammon ammon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 682, pl.311, figs.L305,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala ammon ammon ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Luang)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 650m).


Literature

Hewitson, W. C.,1862 : Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum.
British Museum, London. 4to: [iv] + 15 pp, 8 pls.

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : A key to the Indo-Malayan species of Arhopala Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9): 149-183, figs.1-114.

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.


Arhopala ammon ammon ♀
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2025.07.31.

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