Unkana ambasa batara Distant, 1886
Unkana ambasa batara ♂ Up. Unkana ambasa batara ♂ Un. Unkana ambasa batara ♀ Up. Unkana ambasa batara ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Phuket, Thailand.
Unkana ambasa batara ♂ Up. Unkana ambasa batara ♂ Un. Unkana ambasa batara ♀ Up. Unkana ambasa batara ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.

ON : Unkana batara Distant, 1886
OD : Rhop. malayana: 370, pl.34, fig.11,♂.
TL : 'Malacca, Malay Peninsula; Singapore; Java' [Malacca, W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Prachuap Khiri Khan), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Batoe.
● ssp.attina
● ssp.batara
Unkana ambasa batara map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Unkana attina ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (Takuapa: Nang Yawn)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Kawazoé,1964 : 135, pl.3, figs.21,♀,22,♀(Un). (P: Khao Chong)
Unkana ambasa attina ; Pinratana,1985 : 91. (Chumphon) (in part)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Pinratana,1985 : 91, pl.31, figs.199b,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 814, pl.374, figs.H232b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi)
Unkana ambasa batara ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.02 ; accessed: 2023.08.22)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.02.23)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 88, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 874, pl.404, figs.H229b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi)
Unkana ambasa batara ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 116-117, figs.Abb.H-218-220. (Phang Nga)
Unkana ambasa batara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ (photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 450m).

Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan: xvi + 482 + [4] pp, 46 pls.

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.

Unkana ambasa batara ♂ Unkana ambasa batara ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.
1999.09.11 - 2025.04.30.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.