Zela onara solex  (Evans, 1939)

Zela onara solex ♂ Up. Zela onara solex ♂ Un. Zela onara solex ♂ Up. Zela onara solex ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Lotongus solex Evans, 1939
OD : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(3):398.
TL : Matang, Sarawak. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo.
Zela onara solex map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zola onara solex ; Kimura,1997 ; 40, pl.2, figs.29♂,30♂(Un). (Yala: Than To)
Zela onara solex ; Kirton & Eliot,2004 : 322, 364. (Thailand)
Zola onara solex ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 806, pl.369, figs.H214,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Zola excellens ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 806, pl.369, figs.H213,♀. (in part)
Zola onara solex ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 84, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF)
Zola onara solex ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 866, pl.399, figs.H212,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Zela onara solex ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Surat Thani) (accessed: 2023.09.02)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

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


Literature

Evans, W.H.,[1939] : Some interesting Malayan Hesperiidae, and Analysis of the Genus Sepa
J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(3):395-405, pl.7.

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.

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