♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Phong Saly, Laos.		♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.			♂ genitalia, Phong Saly, Laos.

ON : Dodona deodata Hewitson, 1876 OD : Ent. mon. Mag. 13: 151. TL : "Moulmein" [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar]. (NHML) Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Hainan. ● ssp.deodata ● ssp.anu

Dodona longicaudata Nicéville, 1881; Proc. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1881: 121–123; TL: "near Shillong, Assam" [near Shillong, Meghalaya, India]. (NZC)
Dodona henrici Holland, 1887; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 14: 119, pl.2, fig.2; TL: Hainan.
Dodona angela Grose-Smith, 1901; Rhop. exot. 3(55): 9–10, pl.[2] (Lemoniidae, Nemeobiinae Dicallaneura II), figs.10, 11; TL: "Thandaung, Tenasserim" [Thandaung, Kayin State, Myanmar].
Balonca binghami Moore, 1901; Lep. Ind. 5: 75, pl.398, fig.4; TL: "Burma" [Myanmar].
Dodona deodata lecerfi Fruhstorfer, 1914; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 779, pl.141b, fig.[1]; TL: "bei Vinh in Annam" [Vinh, Nghe An, C.Vietnam]. (MNHN)

longicaudata ; Type ♂, 1879.xi. Shillong, Assam. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 294, figs.♂,♂(Un). [as Abisara chela]
lecerfi ; Type ♂, Vinh, Annam. (MNHN) ; Callaghan,2009 : 68, figs.13(HT,♂),14(HT,♂Un).

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Dodona henrici binghami: Godfrey,1930 : 305–306. (W: Pang Yao)
Dodona deodata deodata: Godfrey,1930 : 306. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Dodona deodata deodata: Pinratana,1988 : 41, pl.37, figs.8,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiyaphum)
Dodona deodata deodata: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 508, pl.228, figs.R7,♂,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Wiang Pa Pao; Chiang Mai)
Dodona deodata deodata: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 520, pl.233, figs.L8,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Wiang Pa Pao; Chiang Mai)
Dodona deodata deodata: Kimura et al.,2014 : 18, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nam Tok Mae Klang; Doi Phui; Doi Suthep; Khun Lao Villege; Phu Khiewo)
Dodona deodata deodata: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2024.05.10)
Dodona deodata f. deodata: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:I-5,♂,I-6,♂,I-7,♂ ; fig.2:If-4,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Dodona deodata f. lecerfi: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.II-3,♂,II-4,♂. (Chiang Mai; Umphang)
Dodona deodata deodata: K. Chaianunporn & T. Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
Dodona deodata f. longicaudata: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:III-16,♂. (Chiang Mai)

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Dodona deodata deodata: Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, figs.33,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Namtha)
Dodona deodata deodata: Osada et al.,1999 : 213, pl.103, figs,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay; Xiang Khouang)
Dodona deodata deodata: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.12, figs.Ri-10,♂-1,♂(Un),Ri-10,♂-2,♂(Un),Ri-10,♂-3,♂(Un),Ri-10,♀-1,♀(Un),Ri-10,♀-2,♀(Un),Ri-10,♀-3,♀(Un). (Xieng Khouang; near Phou Samsoun; 24km east of Phonsavan)
Dodona deodata f. deodata: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:I-1,♂,I-2,♂,I-3,♂,I-4,♂ ; figs.2,If-1,♀,If-2,♀. (Phou Samsoum; Xaisombun; Oudomxai; Phongsali; Phonsavan)
Dodona deodata f. lecerfi: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:II-1,♂,II-2,♂ ; fig.2:IIf. (Muang Kham; Phong Sali; Phonsavan)
Dodona deodata f. longicaudata: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:III-2-15,♂ ; fig.2:IIIf,♀. (Phongsali; Muang Kham; Phonsavan; Muang Khoune; Khammouane; Bolikhamxai)
Dodona deodata deodata: Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.199, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xiengkhouang: Plain of Jars)
Dodona deodata deodata: Nishimura,2026 : 33, fig.2,♀[♂],2v♀[♂](Un). (Mae Hong Son: Na Pu Pon)

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Dodona deodata deodata: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Dodona deodata deodata: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 119. (Pursat)

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Dodona longicaudata: Vitalis,1919 : 235. (Tonkin)
Dodona lecerfi: Vitalis,1919 : 235. (Annam)
Dodona deodata longicaudata: Metaye,1957 : 92. (N)
Dodona deodata: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Phong Dien)
Dodona deodata: Vu,2003 : 57. (Phu Quoc)
Dodona deodata lecerfi: Miyazaki et al.,2006c : 36, figs.R-2,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Dodona deodata: Callaghan,2009 : 69, figs.17,♂,♂(Un),18,♀. (N: Muong Nhe; S: km 8 Route Darlac (Dalat?) ; Cat Tien)
Dodona lecerfi: Callaghan,2009 : 69–70, figs.13(HT,♂),14(HT,♂Un),15,♂,♂(Un),16,♀,♀(Un),54(♂genitalia). (C: "Grande Bute, Annam" ; Annam; Lam Dong)
Dodona longicaudata: Callaghan,2009 : 70, figs.19,♂,♂(Un),20,♀,♀(Un). (C: Pu Mat)
Dodona deodata deodata: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (N; C)
Dodona lecerfi: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (C)
Dodona longicaudata: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (C: Pu Mat)
Dodona deodata f. longicaudata: Nakamura,2019 : 23, figs.1:III-1,♂. (Phu Quoc)
Dodona deodata deodata: Saito et al.,2021 : 464. (Phu Quoc)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂ (incl. photo).

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Chiang Mai : 18♂ 5♀ (incl. photo), (3♂ genitalia dissected).

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Lampang : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 3♂ (incl. photo).

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Phitsanulok : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Kamphaeng Phet : 1♂ (photo).

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Tak : 3♂ (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (genitalia dissected).

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Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ 3♀ (photo by T.Aoyama & M.Hayashi).

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Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by K.Yano).

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Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Phong Saly : 1♂ (genitalia dissected).

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The butterfly is common in forests at low to moderate elevations (300–1,400 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.

Hewitson, W.C, 1876. Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian Lepidoptera, with Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera.
Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 13: 149–152.

Nicéville, L. de, 1881. Description of a new species of Butterfly belonging to the genus Dodona.
Proceedings of the asiatic Society of Bengal, 1881: 121–123.

Grose-Smith, H, 1901. Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies.
Gurney and Jackson, London, 3(55): 7–11, pl. [2] (Lemoniidae, Nemeobiinae Dicallaneura II). (Feb.1901)

Holland, W.J, 1887. Notes upon small collection of Rhopalocera made by Rev. B. C. Henry in the Island of Hainan, together with descriptions of some apparently new species.
Transactions of the american entomological Society, 14: 111–124.

Moore, F, 1901. Lepidoptera Indica. vol. 5. Rhopalocera, Family Nymphalidae, Riodinidae.
L. Reeve & Co., London, 5: 1–96. (1901)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 767–784. (14.Apr.1914)

Callaghan, C.J, 2009. The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera).
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 63(2): 61–82. 64 figs.

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.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2026.03.31.