Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti  Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936

Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ♂ Up. Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ♂ Un. Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ♀ Up. Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Amathusia holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936
OD : J. fed. Malay St. Mus.18(1):143,150-151, pl.5, figs.2,♂(Un),3,♀,4,♀(Un).
TL : Perak, Malay Peninsula. (♂)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia.
Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti map

Synonym

Amathusia staudingeri utana Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 ; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(1):142, 149-150, pl.5, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). TL. Gombak valley, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. (♂)


Type Materials Information

holmanhunti :
Holotype ♂, Mar.1915. Tapah-Telom Road, Perak, Malay Peninsula. C.B. Holman Hung
Allotype ♀, Mar.1915. Tapah-Telom Road, Perak, Malay Peninsula. C.B. Holman Hung
utana : Holotype ♂, 18.Oct.1921. Gombak Valley, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. H.M.Pendlebury


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 324, pl.136, figs.A14,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 326, pl.136, figs.N160,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friedrici holmanhunti ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 144, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon at lowland forests.


Literature

Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M.,1936 : Revision of the Genus Amathusia with special Reference to the Malayan Species.
J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(1):141-153, pl.IV & V.

Eliot, J.N.,1964 : A note on the phidippus L group of the genus Amathusia, with special reference to the Malayan forms
Entomologist 97:155-161.

Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S. & Uémura, Y.,1982 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands vol.3. Satyridae, Amathusiidae and Libytheidae.
530 pp, 113 col.pls. Plapac co. Ltd. (in Japanese)

Uémura, Y.,1986 : Identification guide to the species of the genus Amathusia (Lepidoptera : Satyridae ; Amathusiinae)
Yadoriga 125:2-8. (in Japanese)

Eliot, J.N.,1992 : In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, edn. 4.
Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S., Uemura, Y. & Saitoh, T.,2002 :
Additional Notes on the Amathusiid Butterflies after Publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part 3 Satyridae, Libytheidae"
Yadoriga 194:49-60, 66 figs. (in Japanese)


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