Chersonesia rahria rahria  (Moore, [1858])

Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Up. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Un. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Up. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Un.
♂, Pattani, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Chersonesia rahria rahria ♀ Up. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♀ Un. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♀ Up. Chersonesia rahria rahria ♀ Un.
♀, Pattani, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Cyrestis rahria Moore, [1858]
OD : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East India Co. (1):147, pl.3a, fig.2.
TL : Java.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Phang Nga and Southward), W.Malaysia, Aur,
{Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra, Simeulue, Babi, Nias, Java, Lingga, Singkep,
Banka, Belitung.
Chersonesia rahria rahria map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Pinratana,1979 : 40, figs.N58a♂,♂(Un). (Pattani; Trang; Yala)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 44, pl.25, figs.60,♂,♀. (Trang; Pattani; Yala)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 386, pl.167, figs.N63,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 480, pl.213, figs.N346,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig.(above). (Yala) (in part) (accessed: 2023.09.12)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 120, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thaleban; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
Chersonesia intermedia ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 78-79, figs.Abb.N-483-490. (Phang Nga)
Chersonesia rahria rahria ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 79, figs.Abb.N-495,♂[♀],496(Un). (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♂ 5♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 450m). Both sexes visit flowers and males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. They often rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,[1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London. East India Co.


Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Chersonesia rahria rahria ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂ Chersonesia rahria rahria ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2007.10.10 - 2023.09.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.