♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)
♂, Lampang, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Dodona dracon Nicéville, 1897 OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 66(3): 555–556, pl.2, fig.14,♂. TL : "Kangmong in Hsenwi, North Shan States, Upper Burma" [Hsenwi, N.Shan State, Myanmar]. Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Type ♂, 9.Mar.1895. Kangmong, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 293, figs.♂,♂(Un).

[ THAILAND ]
Dodona dipoea dipoea: Godfrey,1932b : 326. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angka)
Dodona dipoea dipoea: Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 78. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angkah)
Dodona dipoea dracon: Pinratana,1988 : 41, pl.37, figs.7,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona dipoea dracon: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 508, pl.228, figs.R7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dipoea dracon: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 520, pl.233, figs.L7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dracon dracon: Kimura et al.,2014 : 18, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khun Lao Village; Maetro)
Dodona dracon: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.18)

[ LAOS ]
Dodona dipoea ssp.: Osada et al.,1999 : 213, pl.103, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nam Tha; Xam Neua)
Dodona dipoea dracon: Onodera,2009b : 37,38. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Dodona dracon dracon: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.11, figs.Ri-8,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Pan)
Dodona dracon: Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5B♂,5C♂(Un),5D♀,5E♀(Un). (Houa Phan; Luang Nam Tha)
Dodona dracon dracon: Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai; Houaphan: Phou Pan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Dodona dracon: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai; Hoang Lien)
Dodona dracon: Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5J♂,5K♂(Un). (Yen Bai)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 8♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Lampang : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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Nan : 2♂.

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Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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Houaphan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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The butterfly is locally common in forests at moderate elevations (800–1,500 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on shrubs and come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Nicéville, L. de, 1897. On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 66(3): 543–577, pls. 1–4.

Nakamura, N, 2019. Notes on several species of genus Dodona Hewitson, 1861 occurring in Indochina (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of D.phuongi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000 stat.n.
Butterflies, 81: 22–47.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Lampang, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2024.03.31.