Charmion ficulnea queda
(Plötz, 1885)
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
ON :
Plesioneura queda Plötz, 1885
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 29:225.
TL : "Malacca" [Malacca, W.Malaysia].
Distribution : Assam, S.Myanmar (S.Myeik), P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, Tioman, Sumatra.
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Synonym
Charmion ficulnea nibana Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(4):61. TL. 'Westsumatra; NO.Sumatra' [Sumatra]. (NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Charmion ficulnea ; Godfrey,1916 : 142. (by literature: Swinhoe, Lep.Ind. 10:28)
Charmion ficulnea ficulnea ; Godfrey,1930 : 357-358. (by literature: Evans ; Swinhoe, Lep.Ind.10:28)
Charmion ficulnea queda ; Evans,1949 : 91. (P)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Pinratana,1985 : 30, pl.12, fig.44,♂. (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 754, pl.346, figs.H56,♂,♀. (Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 36, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puang; Khlong Naka; Key Rap Nam; Than To WF.)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 802, pl.370, figs.H54,♂,♀. (Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Surat Thani; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.01)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Ranong :7♂ 3♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Surat Thani : 1♀ (photo by R.Charoenpon).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
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Satun : 1♂.
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Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
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Notes
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 400m).
They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.
Literature
Plötz, C.,1885 : Neue Hesperiden des Indischen Archipels und Ost Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H.Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C.Ribbe auf Celebes, Java und den Aru-Inseln; Kunstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kuhn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon.
Berl. enz. Z. 29:225-232.
Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(4):59-74. (1.Apr.1910)
Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix+1-502, pls.1-35. London.
Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & Grishin, N.V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-94.
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♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) |
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by R.Charoenpon) |
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