Zela excellens

Zela excellens (Staudinger, 1889)


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

ON : Proteides excellens Staudinger, 1889
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):141-142, pl.2, fig.6,♂.
TL : Palawan. (MfN)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Palawan.

Synonym

Lotongus onara adorabilis Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2):18. TL. 'N.O. Sumatra' [Bangka, S.E.Sumatra]. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zela adorabilis ; Pinratana,1985 : 85, pl.28, figs.183,♂,♀. (Trang)
Zela excellens ; Kirton & Eliot,2004 : 323-324, 364. (Thailand)
Zela excellens ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 806, pl.369, figs.H213,♂,♂(Un). (in part). (Ranong)
Zela excellens ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF)
Zela excellens ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 864, pl.399, figs.H211,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Zela excellens ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Zela excellens ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 111-112, fig.Abb.H-204. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.

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

Pattani : 1♂.

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

Yala : 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).

Literature

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2):9-24. (1.Feb.1911)

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.

Maruyama, K.,1991 : Butterflies of Borneo vol.2, No.2. Hesperiidae, Addndum of vol.1.
XII+89 pp (Japanese text), 48 pls, XII+83 pp (English text) + 1.
Tobishima corporation. Tokyo, Japan.

Kirton, L.G. & Eliot, J.N.,2004 : A Revision of the Rattan-Feeding Skipper Genus, Zela de Nicéville (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Malay. nat. J. 56(4):317-367.

1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.