♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Marmessus rufotaenia Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):249-250. TL : Malayische Halbinsel. (♂) Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Natuna. ● ssp.archbaldi ● ssp.vietnamica ● transition zone of archbaldi and rufotaenia ● ssp.rufotaenia

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'Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 674, pl.308, figs.L326b♂(Un,Malaysia),♀(Malaysia)'
'Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 712, pl.326, figs.L350b♂(Un,Malaysia),♀(Malaysia)'
Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 106, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Drupadia rufotaenia rufotaenia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2022.07.30)

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).

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Yala : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 300m).
The specimens of both sexes from Nakhon Si Thammarat have small red patch on the UpF. It seems a transition zone of archbaldi and rufotaenia.

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.

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

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2009.11.30 - 2024.02.29.