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Spalgis epius​  (Westwood, 1851)

Apefly

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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Miletinae
​Genus: Spalgis
Species: epius


  • Common name: Apefly
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อดักแด้หัวลิง​
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, S. India to Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobars, Thailand, Laos, Vietna, Hainan, China, Formosa, W. Malaysia, Borneo to W. New Guinea.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Spalgis epius from Thailand.
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Spalgis epius (Westwood, 1851) Chiang Mai
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Spalgis epius (Westwood, 1851) Chiang Mai
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Spalgis epius (Westwood, 1851) Chiang Mai

References: ​
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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