♂, Trang, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Trang, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes durnfordi merguia Tytler, 1926 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):579, pl.5, fig.2,♂ TL : Mergui. Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong to Satun). [Cambodia] ● ssp.merguia ● ssp.

Charaxes durnfordi miyashitai Hanafusa, 1987 : Iwase 4:23, pl.8, figs.1(HT,♂),2(HT,♂Un),3(PT,♀),4(PT,♀Un). TL.Ranong, Thailand.

miyashitai :
Holotype ♂, 15.Jan.1986. Ranong, S.Thailand. (in Coll. Hanafusa)
Paratypes : 2♂ 2♀, Ranong ; 6♂, Trang.

[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes durnfordi ; Pendlebury,1923 : 42-43. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi ; Godfrey,1930 : 304. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi ; Pinratana,1979 : 108, figs.N181,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 97, pl.74, figs.186,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang; Satun)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 484, pl.216, figs.N199,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong)
Charaxes durnfordi merguia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 364, pl.155, figs.N194,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Charaxes durnfordi merguia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 132, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Kao Poh Ta; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)

[ CAMBODIA ]
'Charaxes durnfordi ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)'
'Charaxes durnfordi ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Pursat)'

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The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 20 - 300m).
The details of the record from Cambodia are unclear. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Tytler, H.,1926 : Notes on some new and interesting Butterflies from India and Burma. Part 2.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):578-590, 3 pls.

Hanafusa, H.,1987 : New Subspecies of Charaxes, Polyura and Moduza from South East Asia.
Iwase 4:14-37, 4 pls.

♂, Krabi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.12.09 - 2023.05.31.