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)"

[ LAOS ]
Telicota besta besta ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.116, figs.B7,♂.8,♂(Un).9.♀,10,♀(Un). (Pakse)
Telicota besta besta ; Osada, Uemura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.142, fig.♂. (Vientiane)
Telicota besta bina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.

[ VIETNAM ]
Telicota besta besta ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 175. (Ba Be)
Telicota besta besta ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 66, figs.4:12,♂,13,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
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

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 forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt.300m - 1000m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at hilltops.
This genus has many species with very similar markings, and accurate identification requires examination of the genitalia.

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 - 2022.07.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.