♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Xiang Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Lasiommata bhadra Moore, [1858] OD : In Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1:227-228. TL : Darjiling. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, N.India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Guangxi.

Lethe bhadra dsf. beata Talbot, 1947 : Fauna Brit. India (Butts) (ed.2) 2:236. TL. East Pegu.
Neope bhadra subflava Chou, 1994 : Monograph. Rhop. Sin. : 756, pl.344, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). TL. Mt.Dayaoshan, Guangxi.
Neope bhadra endohi Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace 8:11, pl.4, fig.15,♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). TL. Sa Pa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam.

bhadra : Syntypes 4♂ 1♀ Darjiling. (NHML)
subflava : Holotype ♂,12.Jul.1982. Mt.Dayaoshan, Guangxi. Wang Zhuyin Coll. (GAA)
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Holotype ♂, May.1993. Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)
Paratypes : 21♂ 21♀, same locality as holotype. (in coll. A.Funahashi ; Morita)

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Neope bhadra ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 254, pl.99, figs.S38,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok' [loc.err.])
Neope bhadra ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 252, pl.98, figs.N74,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un) ; pl.99, fig.N74,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok' [loc.err.])
Neope bhadra ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Kamphaeng Phet) (accessed: 2023.07.01)
Neope bhadra ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 174, figs.♂,♂(Un). ('Mae Hong Son prov.' [Chiang Mai: Omkoi])

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Neope bhadra f. bhadra ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 29. (Na-Hon)
Neope bhadra ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6-7, pl.2, figs.7,♂,♂(Un). (Phong Sali)
Neope bhadra ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.93, figs.♂,♀. (Phong Saly; Xam Neua)
Neope bhadra ; Uémura,2004 : 1, fig.4 map. (Phong Saly)
Neope bhadra ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Neope bhadra ; Onodera,2022 : 58, pl.171, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Tha)

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Neope bhadra ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Lao Cai: Sapa)
Neope bhadra ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 73-74, pl.19, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Tam Dao; Muong Hum; Liuet / C: Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong)
Neope bhadra ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 24, figs.S-59,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Neope bhadra bhadra ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 23. (N / C: to Lam Dong)
Neope bhadra ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 40, 48, figs.34,♂,♂(Un),35,♀,♀(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Neope bhadra bhadra ; Saito & Vu,2020 : 27, figs.4,♀,4v♀(Un). (Lam Dong: Di Linh)

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Chiang Mai (confined to Omkoi dist.) : 7♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 1500 - 2200m).
Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 recorded this species from 'Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai', however, it is considered to be an erroneous location. In that area, Neope armandii is not rare but Neope bhadra has never been found until now.

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Talbot, G.,1947 : Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma. Butterflies. 2. (Danaidae, Satyridae, Amathusiidae, Acraeidae) (ed.2).
London : xv + 506pp, tf.1-104, map, pls.1-2.

Chou, I. (ed.),1994 : Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium.
2 vols., 854 pp. Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Neope bhadra Moore, 1857 from Sapa, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2., Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8:11, pl.4.

♂, Nan, Thailand.	♂, Phong Saly, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)

1998.12.26 - 2023.07.31.