Kerana gemmifer gemmifer  (Butler, 1879)

Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂ Up. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂ Un. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♀ Up. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂ Up. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂ Un. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♀ Up. Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Astictopterus gemmifer Butler, 1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):555.
TL : Malacca. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Chumphon and Southward),
S.Myanmar, W.Malaysia, Tioman, {Singapore}, Sumatra,
Batoe, Natuna.
Kerana gemmifer gemmifer map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Evans,1949 : 281. (P)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Pinratana,1985 : 63, pl.21, fig.127,♂. (Ranong)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Kimura,1997 ; 41, pl.3, figs.53,♀,54,♀(Un). (Trang: Ka Chong)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 786, pl.361, figs.H153,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 65, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 840, pl.388, figs.H149,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 96-97, figs.Abb.H-149-152. (Phang Nga)
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chumphon) (accessed: 2023.08.04)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 10♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phang Nga : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Krabi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang: 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). Both sexes visit flowers.
Zhang et al. (2022:39) suggested that the taxon should be treated as a genus Kerana based on molecular analysis.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):533-568, pls.68,69.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J. & Grishin, N.V.,2022 : Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0921:1-135.


Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂ Kerana gemmifer gemmifer ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.08.31.

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