Unkana flava  Evans, 1932

Unkana flava ♂ Up. Unkana flava ♂ Un. Unkana flava ♀ Up. Unkana flava ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Unkana attina ♀var.flava Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 386.
TL : Tonkin. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar (Shan States), N.Thailand,
Laos, N.Vietnam.
Unkana flava map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Unkana flava ; Pinratana,1985 : 91,135. (no loc.)
Unkana flava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 816, pl.375, figs.H233,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Nan; Chiang Mai)
Unkana flava ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 88. (by literature)
Unkana flava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 876, pl.405, figs.H230,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Nan; Chiang Mai)
Unkana flava ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Rai) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

[ LAOS ]
Unkana flava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.141, fig.♂. (Xiang Khouang)
Unkana flava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.

[ VIETNAM ]
Unkana flava ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 173. (by literature)
Unkana flava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1100m). Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.


1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.