Flos abseus ophiala (Corbet, 1941)
Flos abseus ophiala ♂ Up. Flos abseus ophiala ♂ Un. Flos abseus ophiala ♀ Up. Flos abseus ophiala ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Flos abseus ophiala ♂ Up. Flos abseus ophiala ♂ Un. Flos abseus ophiala ♀ Up. Flos abseus ophiala ♀ Un.
♂, Yala (Than To Dist.), Thailand. ♀, Yala (Than To Dist.), Thailand.

ON : Arhopala abseus ophiala Corbet, 1941
OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(9):168.
TL : "South Burma" [Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand.
● ssp.indicus
● transition zone of indicus and ophiala
● ssp.ophiala
● ssp.abseus
● transition zone of indicus and abseus
Flos abseus ophiala map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Naratura abseus ophiala ; Evans,1957 : 99. (Siam)
Arhopala abseus abseus ; Pinratana,1981 : 103, not fig. (Yala; Satun: Ko Tarutao)
Arhopala abseus ophiala ; Pinratana,1981 : 103, pl.17, figs.14,♂,15,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala) (in part)
Arhopala abseus ophiala ; Seki,1986 : 18. (Ranong)
Arhopala abseus ophiala ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 648, pl.295, figs.L285b♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Arhopala abseus abseus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 648, pl.295, figs.L285c♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Arhopala abseus ophiala ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 684, pl.312, figs.L309b♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Arhopala abseus abseus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 684, pl.312, figs.L309c♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Flos abseus ophiala ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 84. (by literature)
Flos abseus abseus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 84, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Arhopala abseus ophiala ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 186, figs.Abb.L-283-296. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 10♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala (Than To dist.) : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m).
Both ssp.indicus and ssp.ophiala occur together in P. Thailand (Ranong to Nakhon Si Thammarat) as noted by Evans,1957. Further taxonomic and distributional studies, including DNA analysis, are needed.

Literature

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.

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.

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

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