Zela elioti  Evans, 1939

Zela elioti ♂ Up. Zela elioti ♂ Un. Zela elioti ♂ Up. Zela elioti ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Zela zero elioti Evans, 1939
OD : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(3):398.
TL : Langkawi Island (West Coast). (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Thailand, Vietnam, Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo.
Zela elioti map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zela elioti ; Pinratana,1985 : 86. (Chanthaburi)
Zela elioti ; Kimura,1997 ; 42, pl.4, figs.67,♂,68,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi: Kao Soi Dao)
Zela elioti ; Kirton & Eliot,2004 : 327-328, 365. (Thailand)
Zela elioti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 806, pl.370, figs.H217,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Soi Dao)
Zela elioti ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 84, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Soi Dao)
Zela elioti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 866, pl.399, figs.H215,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Khao Soi Dao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Zela elioti ; Devyatkin,2012 : 153. (S: Dong Nai)
Zela elioti ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 81. (S: Dong Nai, Nam Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 300m).


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.

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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