Taractrocera maevius sagara
(Moore, 1866)
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♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) |
♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) |
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♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
ON :
Pamphila sagara Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):792.
TL : "N.E.Bengal" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML)
Distribution : India, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar (Shan State to Mon State), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
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Synonyms
Taractrocera lineata H. Druce, 1874 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1):109, pl.16, fig.6[7]. TL. "Nahconchaisee, Siam" [Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhom Pathom, Thailand]. (NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Taractrocera maevius flaccus ; Godfrey,1930 : 381. (W: Nakon Chaisee; Muak Lek; Bangkok)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Evans,1949 : 358. (Siam)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 37-38, pl.3, fig.19,♂, Textfig.9,♂genitalia. (Kasetsar)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Pinratana,1985 : 95, pl.33, fig.211,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 822, pl.378, figs.H247,♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 92, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Kuwai Yai)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 882, pl.408, figs.H244,♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun; Nakhon Nayok; Bangkok; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.16)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
[ LAOS ]
Taractrocera maevius ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 83, col.pl.16 ; pl.115, figs.A9,♂,A10,♂(Un). (Luang Prabang)
Taractrocera maevius ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, not fig. (list only)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
[ CAMBODIA ]
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126, fig.8K[♂](Un). (Preah Sihanouk)
[ VIETNAM ]
Taractrocera maevius ; Metaye,1957 : 79. (no loc.)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 173. (by Metaye,1957)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 128. (S: Saigon)
Taractrocera maevius sagara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. (S: Saigon)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂.
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Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
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Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
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Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ 1♀ (photo by M.Hayashi).
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Bangkok : 2♀ (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat).
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in fields, open land, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 800m).
Both sexes visit flowers.
Literature
Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.
Druce, H.,1874 : A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. L. Layard at Chentaboon and Nahconchaisee, Siam,
with Descriptions of new Species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1):102-109, pl.16, 6 figs.
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.
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| ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) |
♀, Bangkok, Thailand. (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat) |
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| ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
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