♂ (dsf), 2016.11.28, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (Holotype)		♂ genitalia, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (Holotype)

ON : Virachola vietnamica laolai Saito & Inayoshi, 2024 OD : Butterflies 94:12, figs.27(HT,♂), 27v(HT,♂Un), 31(♂ genitalia), 34g(♂ brand). TL : Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi, W.Thailand. (RIEB) Distribution : W.Thailand (Kanchanaburi). ● ssp.laolai ● ssp. uncertain ● ssp.vietnamica

Holotype ♂, 28.Nov.2016, Thong Pha Phum Dist., Kanchanaburi, W.Thailand. Local Catcher leg. (RIEB, examined.)

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Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (Holotype), (genitalia dissected).

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? Virachola vietnamica ssp.

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The butterfly is rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 900 - 1300m).
In September 2021, an individual thought to be Virachola vietnamica was photographed by Thianchai Laola in Lampang, N. Thailand. It is quite similar to the nominotypical subspecies. Whether this is the rainy season form of ssp.laolai or the nominotypical subspecies needs to be examined by specimens. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2024 : Descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies of Lycaenidae from Thailand and Vietnam.
Butterflies 94:4-14.

? Virachola vietnamica ssp.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by T.Laola)

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