♂, Phrae, Thailand.		♀, Phrae, Thailand.
♂, Phrae, Thailand.		♀, Phrae, Thailand.

ON : Horaga achaja Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):233-234. TL : "Hinlap, Siam" [Hin Lap, Saraburi, Thailand]. (NHML) Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Cambodia. ● ssp.achaja ● ssp.jamadai

Holotype ♂, Jan.1900. [Hin Lap, Thailand]. Fruhstorfer (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Rh.260, Apr.1916. "Me Song Forest, Prae, N.Siam" [Mae Song, Phrae, N.Thailand]. E.J.Godfrey (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Horaga achaja ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 982. (Siam)
Horaga achaja ; Godfrey,1930 : 346. (Hinlap; Prae: Me Song forest)
Cowania achaja ; Cowan,1974 : 295. (Prae: Me Song; Chaiyaphum)
Cowania achaja ; Pinratana,1981 : 121, pl.22, figs.8,♂,9,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Loei; Lampang)
Cowania achaja ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 259, fig.157,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Thaep; Phu Pha Phung; Ban Naudom; Phu Shang; Phu Huay Sing)
Cowania achaja ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 39. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huay Sing; Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Cowania achaja ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 56. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Hin Khan; Phu Huai Sing; Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap; Phu Chong Na Yoi; Don Far Huan)
Cowania achaja ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 678, pl.310, figs.L333,♂,♂(Un). (Kalasin)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 716, pl.328, figs.L357,♂,♂(Un). (Kalasin)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 109, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Mae Klang Nam Tok; Phu Luang; Phu Pua Taep; Phu Pha Phung; Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Mukdahan; Kanchanaburi; Sa Kaeo; Ratchaburi) (accessed: 2023.07.31)

[ LAOS ]
Cowania achaja ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.124, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Saravan; Thabok)
Cowania achaja ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 48. (Thabeng)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Onodera,2022 : 91, pl.224, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Beungna; Savannakhet)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Kosterin,2019b : 28, fig.10,♀(Un). (Ratanakiri)
Ahmetia achaja achaja ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Ratanakiri)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 6♂ 6♀ (incl. photo and photo by M.Hayashi).

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Lampang : 9♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).

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Phrae : 8♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).

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Phetchaburi : 1♂ 2♀ (photo by T.Aoyama & M.Hayashi).

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The butterfly is locally common in semi-dried forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 870m). Males are territorial on undergrowth at forest edges or occasionally at hilltops from 11:00 - 15:30.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 :
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begrundet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs.

Riley, N.D. & Godfrey, E.J.,1925 : New Rhopalocera from Siam and Hainan.
Entomologist 58:140-143, pl.3.

Cowan, C.F.,1974 : The Indo-Oriental Genus Drupadia Moore (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 29:283-656, 6 pls.

Huseyin, O.,2008 : Replacement Names for two preoccupied butterfly Genus group names (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Mun. ent. Zool. 3(1):321-322.

♂, Phrae, Thailand.	♀, Phrae, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand.	♀, Phrae, Thailand.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

1999.07.18 - 2024.04.30.