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| Assam, NE India July 1960 ssp. evan female | Assam, NE India July 1960 ssp. evan male verso |
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| Tuak, Thailand April 1999 ssp langsonensis | |
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| Kalo Hill Sumatra ssp cimenius recto | Tapah Hils, Malaysia; June 1988 ssp cimenius verso |
Widespread but uncommon ranging from India to China and south through much of Indonesia. The species spends most of its time in the forest canopy and is therefore rarely seen unless drinking at puddles. Sadly, the nominate race may already be extinct - it was known from west Java which is now heavily populated and deforested. Several subspecies include:
evan - NE India
amphis - S Burma
hegylus - Hainan
langsonensis - Laos, N Viet Nam, N Thailand
cimenius - N Sumatra, malay Peninsula
brunei - Borneo, SE Sumatra
payeni - Java