Terinos atlita teuthras

Terinos atlita teuthras Hewitson, 1862


♂, Phang Nga, Thailand.		♂, Phang Nga, Thailand.

ON : Terinos teuthras Hewitson, 1862
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1862:89-90.
TL : 'East India' [? Malay Pen.]

Distribution : P.Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.

	● ssp.ikarii
	● ssp.teuthras

Synonym

Terinos viola Wallace, 1869 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(4):343. TL. 'Singapore; Sumatra'.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Terinos atlita teuthras ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 28, pl.11, fig.24b. (no data)
Terinos clarissa malayanus [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 364, pl.156, figs.N24,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi)
Terinos atlita teuthras ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 364, pl.156, figs.N25b♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). ('Yala')
Terinos clarissa malayana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.169, fig.N227b♂. (in part)
Terinos atlita teuthras ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 392, pl.169, figs.N228b♀,♀(Un),♀(Malaysia). ('Yala'; Phang-nga)
Terinos atlita teuthras ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 54. (by literature)
Terinos clarissa malayana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 35-36, figs.Abb.L-234-237. (Phang Nga)
Terinos atlita teuthras ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phang Nga) (accessed: 2024.05.16)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phang Nga : 6♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

Surat Thani : 2♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Notes

The butterfly is rather localized but not rare in its habitat. It is found in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 150m).
Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded it from 'Yala', but this is rather doubtful. No one has ever seen a specimen from there and it is likely to be an erroneous locality.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1862 : Descriptions of Butterflies from the Collections of A.R.Wallace and W.C.Hewitson.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882:87-91, pls.9,10.

Wallace, A.R.,1869 : Notes on Eastern Butterflies ; (continued).
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(4):321-349.

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls. (in Japanese)


♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♂, Phang Nga, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.10.20 - 2024.05.31.