Quedara monteithi monteithi

Quedara monteithi monteithi (Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1887)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Surat Thani, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura monteithi Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1887
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(4):391, pl.18, figs.3,♀,3a♀(Un).
TL : Cachar. (♀, NZC)

Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, P.Thailand, S.Vietnam, Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Batoe, Banka, Sumatra.

Synonym

Quadra comoplea Swinhoe, 1919 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9)3:317. TL. Kina Balu, N.Borneo. (♂, NHML)

Type Material Information

monteithi ; Type 1♀, 8.Jul.1881. Irongmarah, Cachar. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 52, figs.♀,♀(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Evans,1949 : 305. (P)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Pinratana,1985 : 74, 130, pl.25, fig.155,♂. (in part)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 794, pl.365, figs.H181,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.02.11)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 75, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kam Puan; Kao Luang; Than To WF.) (in part)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 852, pl.393, figs.H178,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 106, figs.Abb.H-185-186. (Phang Nga)

[ VIETNAM ]
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 125. (S: Cat Tien)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-148,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Quedara monteithi monteithi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 80. (C: Lam Dong / S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Surat Thani (Koh Samui dist ; Koh Phangan dist.) : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 1♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 450m).
The only way to distinguish males of this species from singularis is examination of the genitalia.

Literature

Wood-Mason, J. & Nicéville, L. de,[1887] :
List of the lepidopterous insects collected in Cachar by Mr.J.Wood-Mason. Part II. Rhopalocera.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(4):343-393, 4 pls.

Swinhoe, C.,1919 : New Lycaenids and Hesperids and Two new Species of the Noctuid Family Acontiidae.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9)3:314-319.

1999.09.11 - 2024.06.30.