Astictopterus jama jama  Felder & Felder, 1860

Astictopterus jama jama ♂ Up. Astictopterus jama jama ♂ Un. Astictopterus jama jama ♀ Up. Astictopterus jama jama ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Astictopterus jama jama ♂ Up. Astictopterus jama jama ♂ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Astictopterus jama Felder & Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):401.
TL : Malay Pen. (♂)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra, Java.
● ssp.olivascens
transition zone of jama and olivascens
ssp.jama
Astictopterus jama jama map

Synonyms

Tagiades pulligo Mabille, 1876 : Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5)6:xxvi, 272. TL. Java. (♂)
Isoteinon melania Plötz, 1885 : Berl. ent. Z. 29:230. TL. Malaysia. (♂)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Astictopterus jama jama ; Pinratana,1985 : 59,127. not fig. (Yala)
'Astictopterus jama jama ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 782, pl.359, fig.H141b♀(Un,Malaysia).'
Astictopterus jama jama ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 60-61, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
'Astictopterus jama jama ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 834, pl.385, fig.H137b♀(Un,Malaysia).'


Specimens Examined

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

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


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m) and is often found at forest edges and grasslands. Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

Mabille, P.,1876 : Diagnoses de nouvelles especes d'Hesperides. 14-23.
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5):6:xxv-xxvii.

Mabille, P.,1876 : Sur la classification des Hesperiens, avec la description de plusiers especes nouvelles.
Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (5):6:251-274.

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.


Astictopterus jama jama ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.

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