Halpe porus  (Mabille, [1877])

Halpe porus ♂ Up. Halpe porus ♂ Un. Halpe porus ♀ Up. Halpe porus ♀ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe porus ♂ Up. Halpe porus ♂ Un. Halpe porus ♀ Up. Halpe porus ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Phrae, Thailand.

ON : Hesperilla porus Mabille, [1877]
OD : Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5)6:cxcix-cc.
TL : 'Himalaya' [probably Assam] (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.India, Nepal to Myanmar, Andamans,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia.
Halpe porus map

Synonyms

Halpe moorei Watson, 1893 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1):109-110. TL. Tilin Yaw, N.Burma. (♂, NHML)
Halpe teliga Swinhoe, 1893 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):326-327. TL. Shillong, Assam. (♂, NHML)
Halpe moorei beturina Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:45-46. TL. Phuc Son, M.Annam. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe moorei beturina ; Godfrey,1916 : 145-146. (Muak Lek; Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Halpe moorei beturina ; Seitz,1927 : 1088. (Siam)
Halpe moorei ; Godfrey,1930 : 379-380. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Rai; Muak Lek; Chonburi: Sriracha; Bangkok)
Halpe moorei ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (Ranong: Kraburi; Surat Thani: Khao Poata)
Halpe porus ; Evans,1949 : 263. (Siam)
Halpe porus ; Kawazoé,1964 : 125-126, pl.1, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un), Textfig.2,♂genitalia. (N: Ping Kong)
Halpe porus ; Pinratana,1985 : 54, pl.18, figs.101,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Nayok; Ratchaburi; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Chanthaburi; Rayong; Sara Buri) (in part)
Halpe porus ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 250, fig.14,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Thaep; Phu Pha Phung; Phu Mu; Ban Naudom)
Halpe porus ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 11-12. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Kaeng Tana; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum)
Halpe porus ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 44. (Ubon Ratchathani: Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Mu; Phu Hin Khan)
Halpe porus ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 62, fig.12,♂. (Umphang)
Halpe porus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 778, pl.357, figs.H124,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phrae)
Halpe porus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 56, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Pa Chang; Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo; Saraburi; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kratchin WF; Bang Phra; Thung Yai; Sai York Noi; Erawan WF; Kuwai Yai; Ratchaburi; Kaeng Krachan; Kam Puan; Than To WF.)
Halpe porus ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.02.11)
Halpe porus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 830, pl.382, figs.H121,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phrae)
Halpe porus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Ratchaburi; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.07.14)
Halpe porus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 86-87, figs.Abb.H-107-111. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Halpe porus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 81, pl.113, figs.B1,♂,B2,♂(Un). (Vientiane; Pakse; Luang Prabang; Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Halpe porus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Xaignabouri)
Halpe porus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe porus ; Onodera,2022 : 112, pl.249, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Luang Phabang: Pak Mong; Khammouan: Lak Kao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Halpe porus ; Onodera,2007 : 26, fig.110♂. (Rattanakiri: Ou Chum)
Halpe porus ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125. (Koh Kong; Ratanakiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe moorei beturina ; Godfrey,1919 : 470. (S: Sui Kat)
Halpe moorei beturina ; Seitz,1927 : 1088. (Annam)
Halpe beturina ; Lemée,1950 : 25. (Backan)
Halpe moorei beturina ; Metaye,1957 : 80. (C)
Halpe porus ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1966 ; 94-95, figs.88,♂(Un). (Phu Lam; Dong Xoai; Thu Duc; Dinh Quan; Trang Bom; Ba Diem)
Halpe porus ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 166. (N: Ha Tay)
Halpe porus ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Halpe porus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 10, fig.H-52,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Halpe porus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 77. (N / C / S)
Halpe porus ; Saito et al.,2017 : 76. (S: Nui Cam)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 5♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 1♀ (photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Luang Prabang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1100m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Mabille, P.,[1877] : [Diagnoses de nouvelles especes d'Hesperides].
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5)6:cxcvii-ccii.

Watson, E.Y.,1893 : A proposed classification of the Hesperidae, with a revision of the genera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893(1):3-132, pls.1-3.

Swinhoe, C.,1893 : A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part 1.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):267-330.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):9-79, pl.1.


Halpe porus ♂ Halpe porus ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe porus ♂ Halpe porus ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Halpe porus ♂+♀
♂+♀ (mating), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2024.06.30.

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