♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Satun, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Deudorix suffusa Moore, 1879 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):834, pl.52, fig.8,♂. TL : Taoo, [Tanintharyi, Myanmar]. Distribution : N.India, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore.

Rapala testa Swinhoe, 1897 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)19:410. TL. Jaintia Hills, Assam, [India].
Deudorix barthema Distant, 1885 : Rhop. malayana : 280. TL. 'Province Wellesley; Malacca, "Malay Peninsula" [W.Malaysia]; Singapore'.
'Rapala pengata Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):256. TL. Assam. (nom. nud.)'

[ THAILAND ]
Rapala suffusa ; Godfrey,1916 : 140. (Chonburi: Sriracha; Pak Jong; Prae: Me Song forest)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Godfrey,1930 : 349. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Pinratana,1981 : 149, pl.27, figs.9,♂,10,♀,11,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phrae; Ranong; Trang)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Seki,1986 : 21. (Ranong)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 712, pl.325, figs.L410a,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Wang Chin'; Mae Hong Son; Nan)
Rapala damona ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 712, pl.325, figs.L411,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Rapala suffusa barthema ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 712, pl.325, figs.L410b,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Rapala suffusa barthema ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♀](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.10.15)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 758, pl.348, figs.L432,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un), pl.348, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Wang Chin; Mae Hong Son; Nan; Ranong)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 137, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Bang Phra; Mae Sohd; Doi Musso; Kaeng Krachang; Hot Samphang; Khlong Naka)
Rapala suffusa barthema ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 137, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phitsanulok; Sa Kaeo; Yala) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.42,♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.128, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao; Vientiane)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Onodera,2009b : 37. (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 124, fig.5F[♀](Un). (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 55, figs.5:20,♀,21,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12, 82, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Rapala suffusa ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 68, figs.L-140,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 69. (N: by literature / C: Thua Thien Hue / S)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 5♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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Chiang Mai : 3♂ 2♀.

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Nan : 1♂ 1♀.

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Phitsanulok : 1♂ (photo by T.Laola).

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Sa Kaeo : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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Ranong : 4♂ 2♀.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 2♂ 3♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1300m).
It is a tendency for the male red patch on the UpF to get smaller from north to south. However, it is very variable even in the same location and individual variation seems to be more pronounced than geographic variation. Therefore, I treat ssp.berthema as a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies.

♂, UpF deep purple-shot in a side light

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

Swinhoe, C.,1897 : New Eastern Lepidoptera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)19:407-410.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, figs.1-4. (Apr.1912)

♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.	♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

1999.07.21 - 2024.06.30.