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

ON : Deudorix calderon Kheil, 1884 OD : Rhop. Nias: 33, pl.4, fig.25,♂. TL : Nias. (NMPC). Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Nias. ● ssp. ● ssp.hypargyria ● ssp.calderon

Holotype ♂, Nias, Coll. N.Kheil. (NMPC) ; Šumpich & Weidenhoffer,2025 : 192-193, fig.12A(♂), B(abdomen), C(♂genitalia), D-E(original labels).

[ THAILAND ]
'Deudorix hypargyria hypargyria ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.322, figs.L394,♂(left,Malaysia),♂(left,Un.Malaysia). (in part)'
'Deudorix hypargyria hypargyria ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.343, figs.L416,♂(left,Malaysia),♂(left,Un,Malaysia). (in part)'
Deudorix hypargyria subsp. incertae sedis ; Inayoshi,2020-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, 1♀. (Yala) (28.Feb.2023 last updated ; 31.May.2025 changed.)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
Betong dist., 2015.12.31. 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ; 2022.11.13. 1♀ S.Atdhabhan (YI).

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This is the first record from Thailand. The male photo in nature was taken on 31.Dec.2015 and the female specimen was obtained on 13.Nov.2022 by Satawan Atdhabhan in Yala, P. Thailand.
Of the illustrated males from Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012), the specimen on the left is considered to be from W. Malaysia.

Kheil, N.,1884 : Zur Fauna des Indo-Malayischen Archipels. Die Rhoplalocera der Insel Nias Rhopalocera Ins. Nias.
[1-5], 6-38, 5pls.

Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K.,1991 : in Otsuka (ed.), Butterflies of Borneo. Vol.2, No.1. Lycaenidae.
Tobishima Corporation.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & Grishin, N.V.,2025 : Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis.
Taxon. Rep. Int. Lep. Survey 12(5): 1-200.

Šumpich, J. & Weidenhoffer, Z.,2025 : A review of the types of Lycaenidae species (Lepidoptera) described by Napoleon Manuel Kheil deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic.
Acta entomol. 65(1):177-195.

♂, 2015.12.31. Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2025.09.30.