♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Xaignabouli, Laos.
♂ genitalia, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Halpe hyrie Nicéville, 1891 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):388-389, pl.G, fig.34,♂,♂(Un). TL : "Naga Hills" [Nagaland, N.E.India]. (NZC) Distribution : Bhutan, Nagaland, SE.Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Halpe lucasi merea Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 390. TL. Pemako, Mere, S.E.Thibet. (NHML)
Pedesta naumanni Huang, 1998 : Neue ent. Nachr. 41:211-213, col.pl.1, figs.1a(HT,♂), 1b(PT,♂), 2a(HT,♂Un), 2b(PT,♂Un). TL. Metok, S.E.Tibet. (QVTC)

hyrie ; Type ♂, Aug.-Sep.1889. Naga Hills, 5000-6000ft. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 61, figs.♂,♂(Un).
naumanni ;
Holotype ♂, 7.Jul.1996. Arni Bridge, Metok, S.E.Tibet. (QVTC)
Paratype 1♂, 23.Jul.1996. Arni Bridge, Metok, S.E.Tibet. (QVTC)

[ THAILAND ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Kimura,1997 ; 38, pl.1, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Inayoshi,1999-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Nan; Tak) (30.Sep.2020 last updated ; 31.Jul.2023 changed.)
Thoressa hyrie ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 774, pl.356, figs.H116,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 54, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 826, pl.381, figs.H113,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)

[ LAOS ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Thoressa hyrie ; Inayoshi,1999-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaignabouli; Xieng Khouang; Bolikhamxai) (30.Sep.2020 last updated ; 31.Jul.2023 changed.)
Thoressa hyrie ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Pedesta hyrie ; Onodera,2022 : 110, pl.248, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao; Xiengkhoung: Muang Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 147. (Hoang Lien; Vu Quang)
Thoressa hyrie ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 77. (N: Lao Cai: Van Bang / C)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 12♂ (incl. photo).

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Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 900 - 2200m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

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

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

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.

Huang H.,1998 : Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S.E.Tibet (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Neue ent. Nachr. 41:207-264.

Huang H.,2011 : Notes on the genus Thoressa Swinhoe,[1913] from China, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 42(1-4):193-200.

Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Jin, J., Kizhakke, A.G., Wang, M., Kunte, K. & Fan, X.L.,2019 :
A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography
Syst. Entomol. 44:163–178.

Cao, C., H.S., Xu, Y., Wu, H., Chen, T., Wang, M., Da,W. & Fan, X.,2019 :
New records and their associated DNA barcodes of the butterfly family Hesperiidae in Tibet, China
Zootaxa 4674(4):426–438.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Tak, Thailand.	♂, Tak, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2025.01.31.