♂, 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, Myanmar]. 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, [Meghalaya, India].
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, pl.Lemoniidae,Dicallaneura.2, figs.10,11. TL. Thandaung, "Tenasserim" [Tanintharyi, S.Myanmar].
Balonca binghami Moore, 1901 : Lep. Ind. 5:75, pl.398, fig.4. TL. "Burma" [Myanmar].
Dodona deodata lecerfi Fruhstorfer, 1914 : In Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 779, pl.141b, fig.[1]. TL. "bei Vinh in Annam" [C.Vietnam].

longicaudata ; Type ♂, 1879.xi. Shillong, Assam. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 294, figs.♂,♂(Un). [as Abisara chela]

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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 ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,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 ; Chaianunporn & 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, Uémura & Uehara,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)

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

[ VIETNAM ]
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, Saito & Saito,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,♂Holotype,14,♂Holotype(Un),15,♂,♂(Un),16,♀,♀(Un). (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)

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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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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 montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1400m). 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.
Ent. mon. Mag. 13:149-152.

Nicéville, L. de,1881 : Description of a new species of Butterfly belonging to the genus Dodona.
Proc. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1881:121-123.

Grose-Smith, H.,1901 :
in Grose-Smith & Kirby, Rhopalocera Exotica. being Illustrations of new, rare and unfigured Species of Butterflies.
London, Gurney and Jackson. 3 volumes (60 parts).

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
Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 14:111-124.

Moore, F.,1901-1903 : Lepidoptera Indica.
London, Lovell Reeve & Co.
Vol. 5(49/60):1-248, pls.379-466.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
767-784. (14.Apr.1914)

Callaghan, C.J.,2009 : The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera)
J. Lep. Soc. 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 - 2024.05.31.