Telicota besta bina  Evans, 1949
Telicota besta bina ♂ Up. Telicota besta bina ♂ Un. Telicota besta bina ♂ Up. Telicota besta bina ♂ Un.
♂, Phrae, Thailand. ♂, Sekong, Laos.
Telicota besta bina ♂ Up. Telicota besta bina ♂ Un. Telicota besta bina ♂ genitalia Telicota besta bina ♂ genitalia
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Telicota linna bina Evans,1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Brit. Mus. : 396.
TL : Sumatra. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia,
Singapore, Sumatra, Lingga Is. 		Telicota besta bina map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Telicota besta bina ; Pinratana,1985 : 104, pl.35, figs.236,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Nayok; Chonburi; Chanthaburi; Ratchaburi; Trang)
Telicota besta besta ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 64, fig.31,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai)
Telicota augias augias ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 831, pl.382, figs.H273,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Telicota besta besta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 832, pl.382, figs.H276,♂,♂,♂(Un).
Telicota linna linna ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 832, pl.382, figs.H277,♂,♂. (Chanthaburi)
Telicota besta bina ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 99, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Nakohn Nayok; Pranburi; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Doi Musso; Kaeng Krachan; Ka Chong)
Telicota besta besta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 896, pl.414, figs.H273,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
'Telicota besta besta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 128, figs.Abb.H-267-268. (Phang Nga)'
Telicota besta bina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig., Early Stages. (Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.09.17)

[ LAOS ]
Telicota besta besta ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.116, figs.B7,♂.B8,♂(Un),B9.♀,B10,♀(Un). (Pakse)
Telicota besta besta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.142, fig.♂. (Vientiane)
Telicota besta bina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Telicota besta bina ; Onodera,2022 : 121, pl.258, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Nachan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Telicota besta besta ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 175. (Ba Be)
Telicota besta ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15, 90, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Telicota besta besta ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 15, fig.H-111,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Telicota besta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 83. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 12♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Xaisomboun : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sekong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1000m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at hilltops.

The species of this genus are so similar that identification by male genitalia is required. Therefore, records that do not examine the male genitalia cannot be adopted. In addition, although there are many field photos, most are either misidentified or unidentifiable and cannot be used as records.

Literature

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.

Telicota besta bina ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2018.06.30 - 2023.10.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.