Thauria aliris pseudaliris (Butler, 1877)

Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Un. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♀ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Un. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♀ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Un. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Up. Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan), Thailand.

ON : Thauria pseudaliris Butler, 1877
OD : J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 13: 115.
TL : "Malacca" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), W.Malaysia.
● ssp.intermedia
ssp.merguia
ssp.pseudaliris
Thauria aliris pseudaliris map

Type Materials Information

♂, Type (red), Rh6013, Malacca. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), Rh6335. (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Pinratana,1983 : 57, 64, pl.44, fig.24c♂. (Ranong; Phang Nga; Phuket; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Pattani; Yala)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.22 ; accessed: 2024.04.30)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 338, pl.144, figs.A27b♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khao Phanom Bencha)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 340, pl.144, figs.N174b♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Khao Phanom Bencha)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂[♀],♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.12.18)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Krabi; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.06.03)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Kimura et al.,2016 : 151, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
Thauria aliris pseudaliris: Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 292–293, figs.Abb.M-080–081 ; Hab.M-079. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 5♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The distribution map of Thauria aliris and lathy
Thauria distribution


The butterfly is common in dense forests at low to moderate elevations (50–800 m a.s.l.). Males are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
The sympatricity of both Thauria aliris and Thauria lathy has not been confirmed. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Butler, A.G, 1877. Descriptions of two new Lepidopterous Insects from Malacca.
Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 13: 115–116.


Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂ Thauria aliris pseudaliris ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2007.10.10 - 2026.08.31.

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