Amathusia friderici holmanhunti

Amathusia friderici holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936


♂, 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):150-151, pl.5, figs.2,♂(Un), 3,♀, 4,♀(Un).
TL : Perak, Malay Peninsula.

Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia.

Synonym

Amathusia staudingeri utana Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 : J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(1):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 [sic] holmanhunti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 324, pl.136, figs.A14,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friedrici [sic] holmanhunti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 326, pl.136, figs.N160,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friderici holmanhunti ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 144, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Than To WF.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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)

2007.10.10 - 2025.03.31.