♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Rapala scintilla Nicéville, 1890 OD : Butts. India. Burmah Ceylon 3:461. TL : Sikkim. Distribution : Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung.

[ THAILAND ]
Rapala scintilla ; Godfrey,1930 : 350-351. (Pak Jong)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Pinratana,1981 : 150, pl.28, figs.8,♂,9,♂(Un). (Trad; Trang)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 714, pl.326, figs.L418,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀. (Trang)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 760, pl.349, figs.L439,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Chiang Mai)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 140, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Mae Hong Song; Doi Suthep; Thung Saleng Luang; Wan Nam Khiewo; Ranong Hot Spring; Muang Shone; Than To WF.)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Nakamura et al.,2010 : 27, fig.18,♂,♂(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56, pl.23, figs.Ly-277,♂,♂(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Onodera,2022 : 98, pl.232, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 124. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 68, figs.L-143,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Rapala scintilla ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 69. (by literature)
Rapala scintilla scintilla ; Saito et al.,2017 : 79. (S: Nui Coto)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 8♀.

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Lampang : 1♀.

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Tak : 3♂.

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Sa Kaeo : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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Chanthaburi : 1♂.

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Phetchaburi : 1♀.

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Surat Thani : 1♂.

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Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

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Phong Saly : 2♂.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 200 - 1400m). Males are territorial on shrubs at hilltops.

Rapala manea ♂	Rapala scintilla♂
UpF & UpH deep purple-shot in a side light	UpH deep purple-shot in a side light

Nicéville, L.de,1890 : in Marshall & Nicéville, The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume III (Lycaenidae).
Calcutta Central Press 4 to : xii + 503 pp, frontispiece, pls.25-29.

♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)	♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.07.21 - 2023.10.31.