♂, 1984.03.11. Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂, 1984.03.12. Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Spialia galba shanta Evans, [1957] OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12)9:750. TL : Hsipaw, S.Shan States. (♂, NHML) Distribution : Myanmar (N. & S.Shan States), N.W.Thailand. ● ssp.shanta ● ssp.chenga

[ THAILAND ]
Spialia galba shanta ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 39, figs.123,♂,♂(Un). (Mae Hong Son)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ ; Mae Hong Son dist.
1♂, 1984.03.11. Y.Inayoshi (YI) ; 2♂, 1984.03.12. Y.Inayoshi (YI)

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The population from Mae Hong Son seems to be ssp.shanta. New to Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in grasslands, open areas and secondary forests at low elevations (Alt. 300 - 450m) and visit flowers

Evans, W.H.,[1957] : Revisional Notes on the Hesperiidae of Europe, Asia and Australia.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12)9(106):749-752.

de Jong, R.,1978 : Monograph of the Genus Spialia Swhinhoe (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae).
Tijdschr. Ent. 121(3):23-146.

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