Onryza meiktila  (Nicéville, 1891)

Onryza meiktila ♂ Up. Onryza meiktila ♂ Un.
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

ON : Parnara meiktila Nicéville, 1891
OD : J. Bomby nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):386-388, pl.G, fig.32,♂,♂(Un).
TL : Meiktila, Burma.
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
Onryza meiktila map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Onryza meiktila ; Pinratana,1985 : 51, pl.17, fig.92,♂. (Kanchanaburi)
Onryza meiktila ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 774, pl.355, fig.H112,♂. (Kanchanaburi)
Onryza meiktila ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 54, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kuwai Yai; Ratchaburi)
Onryza meiktila ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 825, pl.381, fig.H109,♂. (Kanchanaburi)
Onryza meiktila ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.07.13)

[ LAOS ]
Onryza meiktila ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 80, pl.113, figs.A3,♂,A4,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Onryza meiktila ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, not fig. (list only)
Onryza meiktila ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Sa Kaeo : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 100 - 350m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,1891 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):341-398.

Adamson, C.H.E.,1905 : Catalogue of butterflies collected in Burmah. Part 2.
Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. N. D. NT. (n.s.) 3:116-148.


1999.09.04 - 2024.07.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.