Flos abseus abseus

Flos abseus abseus (Hewitson, 1862)


♂, 2015.06.21. Yala (Betong Dist.), Thailand.		♀, Yala (Betong Dist.), Thailand.

ON : Amblypodia abseus Hewitson, 1862
OD : Spec. Cat. Lyc. Birt. Mus.: 9, pl.5, figs.51,♀(Un), 52,♀.
TL : 'Sylhet [southern Khasia Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]; Singapore'. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala: Betong; Narathiwat), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan.

	● ssp.indicus
	● transition zone of indicus and ophiala
	● ssp.ophiala
	● ssp.abseus
	● transition zone of indicus and abseus

Synonym

Arhopala abseus nava Fruhstorfer, 1914 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(2):131. TL. Nord-Borneo. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Flos abseus ophiala ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2022- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Yala: Betong) (accessed: 2023.09.20)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala (Betong Dist.) : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
2015.06.21. 1♂, Y.Inayoshi (YI) ; 2022.03.14. 1♀, S.Atdhabhan (YI).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Narathiwat : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

New to Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 550m).
The specimens from Betong, Yala and Narathiwat, the southernmost part of Thailand, appear to be the nominotypical subspecies. However, this taxon and ssp.indicus are sympatric in Betong district, Yala. Further taxonomic and distributional studies, including DNA analysis, are needed.

Literature

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

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

Seki, Y. & Sasaki, S.,2010 :
Halimun Mountains, West Java (Indonesia) - Recent lepidopterological survey and new knowledge on Lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 56:15-25.


♀, Yala (Betong Dist.), Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♀, Yala (Betong Dist.), Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2023.04.30 - 2024.06.30.