Polyura schreiber tisamenus  (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Up. Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Un. Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♀ Up. Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Up. Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Eriboea schreiber tisamenus Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:725.
TL : Singapore. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka.
● ssp.assamensis
ssp.tisamenus
Polyura schreiber tisamenus map

Synonyms

Eriboea schreiber entheatus Fruhstorfer, 1914 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:725. TL. N.E.Sumatra.
Eriboea schreiber valesius Fruhstorfer, 1914 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:725. TL. Padang-Pandjang, W.Sumatra.


Type Materials Information

tisameus :
Lectotype ♂, Singapore. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)
Paralectotype 1♂, Singapore. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)
entheatus : Holotype ♂, Sumatra. designated by R.L.Smiles,1975. (NHML)
valesius : Lectotype ♂, Sumatra. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Pinratana,1979 : 103, figs.N175b♂,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 101, pl.80, fig.196b♂. (Phuket)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 494, pl.221, figs.N209b♂,♀. (Songkhla)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 352, pl.149, figs.N183b♂,♂(Un). (Songkhla; Ranong)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 136. (by literature)
'Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 16, not fig. (Phang Nga)'


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 5♂ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 800m). Males are territorial on canopies at hilltops.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
721-744. (9.Mar.1914)

Smiles, R.L.,1982 : The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Bull. Brit. Mus. Ent. (Nat. Hist.) 44(3):115-237. London.


Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂ Polyura schreiber tisamenus ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.09.30.

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