Coladenia agni sundae

Coladenia agni sundae de Jong & Treadaway, 1992


♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

♂ genitalia, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Coladenia agni sundae de Jong & Treadaway, 1992
OD : Zool. Meded. 66(15):286.
TL : Sumatra. (♂, RMNH)

Distribution : Thailand, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo,
Sumatra, Java, Bali.

	● ssp.agni
	● ssp.sundae

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 3-8-1953. Gedong Biara, Kuala Simpang, Sumatra. R.Straatman (RMNH)
Paratypes : 1♂, Lebong Tandai, W.Sumatra ; 1♂ 1♀, Battak Mts., N.E.Sumatra ; 1♂, Ardjoeno, Java ; 1♂, Kinabalu, Borneo. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Coladenia agni igna ; Pinratana,1985 : 35, not fig. (Ranong)
Coladenia agni sundae ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 39, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Soi Dao; Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Coladenia agni igna ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 808, not fig. (Ranong)
Coladenia agni sundae ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.07)

[ VIETNAM ]
Coladenia agni ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 160. (N: Ba Be)
Coladenia agni sundae ; Luong et al.,2004 : 13. (Cuc Phuong)
Coladenia agni ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; Phong Dien)
Coladenia agni sundae ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 73. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 2♂.

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 450m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
In the Ranong province, P.Thailand, both the nominotypical subspecies and ssp.sundae have been confirmed. As far as we know, the population of Chanthaburi, S.E.Thailand is ssp.sundae, but de Jong & Treadaway,1992 recorded ssp.agni. Although the male genitalia of the continental populations is completely identical to that of ssp.agni, it is possible that these two taxa are different species based on their distribution. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

de Jong, R. & Treadaway, C.G.,1992 : Revisional notes on Coladenia Moore,1881 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Zool. Meded. 66(15):283-293, 13 figs.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2012.09.30 - 2023.09.30.