♂, 2015.08.22. Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)		♀, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)
♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Deudorix smilis Hewitson, 1863 OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(1):18, pl.8, figs.22, 23. TL : E.India. Distribution : India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.

[ THAILAND ]
Virachola smilis smilis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Virachola smilis smilis ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 38, fig.114,♂,♂(Un),115,♂,♂(Un). (Sa Kaeo; Yala)

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Virachola smilis smilis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.126, fig.♂,♂(Un). (Thabok; Xam Neua)
Virachola smilis smilis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.
Virachola smilis smilis ; Onodera,2022 : 99, pl.233, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

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Virachola smilis ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Virachola smilis ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Pursat)

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Virachola smilis smilis ; Saito et al.,2011 : 50, fig.16A♀,16B♀(Un). (Dak Nong: Quang Son)
Virachola smilis smilis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 68. (by literature)

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 1♀ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul & K.Yano).
2009.05.01. 1♂, S.Sophonviwatkul (photo) ; 2015.08.22. 1♂, K.Yano (YI).

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Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).

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Bolikhamxai : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 400 - 1100m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males are territorial on trees.
The first discovery in Thailand is a photo taken by Supat Sophonviwatkul on 01.May.2009 in Sa Kaeo, E. Thailand. And Koichi Yano confirmed by specimen on 22.Aug.2015 at the same locality. Since then it was discovered in Yala and Kanchanaburi one after another.

Hewitson, W.C.,1863-1878; Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Part I. Lycaenidae.
London, John Van Voorst.
(1):1-37 [sic], pls.1-16. (6.Jul.1863) ; (2):37-76, pls.17-30. (24.Jun.1865) ; (3):77-114, pls.31-46. (1.Apr.1867) ; (4):115-136, 14a-14h, supplementary pp.1-16, pls.47-54, 3a-3c, supplementary pls.1-5. (30.Apr.1869) ; (5):137-151 [sic], pls.55-59, supplementary pl.6. (10.Feb.1873) ; (6):151-185 [sic], pls.60-73. (1.Dec.1874) ; (7):185-209 [sic], pls.74-83 (Jan.1877) ; (8):209-228, supplementary pp. 17-35 [sic], 35-47, pls.84-85, 88-92, supplementary pls.1a-1b, 3a-3b, 4a, 5a-5b, 7-8. (Nov.1878) [pls. 86-87 were never published]

♂, 2009.05.01. Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S Sophonviwatkul)	♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2012.08.15 - 2023.09.30.