Pelopidas mathias mathias  (Fabricius, 1798)

Pelopidas mathias mathias ♂ Up. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♂ Un. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♀ Up. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Pelopidas mathias mathias ♂ Up. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♂ Un. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♀ Up. Pelopidas mathias mathias ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia mathias Fabricius, 1798
OD : Ent. syst. Suppl. : 433.
TL : India. (♀)
Distribution : Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Nepal, India, Sikkim,
Assam, Nicobars, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo,
Mindoro, Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumba, Timor.
Pelopidas mathias mathias map

Synonyms

Hesperia julianus Latreille, 1823 : in Ency. meth. 9(Ins.)(2):763. TL. Java. (♂) (homonym)
Hesperia chaya Moore, [1866] : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):791. TL. Bengal. (♀, NHML)
Hesperia ella Plötz, 1883 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):46. TL. Java.
Hesperia consanguis Plötz, 1883 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):46. TL. Java. (♂)
Isoteinon flexilis Swinhoe, 1885 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):147-148, pl.9, figs.9,10. TL. Poona. (♀, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Parnara mathias ; Godfrey,1916 : 146.
Baoris mathias ; Godfrey,1930 : 385. (except P)
Baoris mathias ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (P)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Evans,1949 : 442. (Siam)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 44-45, pl.4, fig.26,♀, Textfig.16,♂genitalia. (Chieng Mai)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Kawazoé,1964 : 140, pl.5, figs.35,♀,36,♀(Un). (C: Thom Buri)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Pinratana,1985 : 108, pl.37, figs.247,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Ratchaburi; Kanchanaburi; Bangkok; Phuket; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 13, fig.31♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng E-Keow; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 45. (Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Mukdahan: Phu Hin Khan)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 836, pl.384, figs.H287,♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Pathom)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 102, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Mouk Leck; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Bang Phra; Bang Phaing; Ratchaburi; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 900, pl.415, figs.H284,♂(right),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 133, figs.Abb.H-285-288. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.117, figs.B3,♀,B4,♀(Un). (Luang Prabang; Pakse; Nam Moh)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.143, fig.♂. (Vientiane)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Onodera,2022 : 124, pl.260, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun; Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Pelopidas mathias ; Onodera,2009 : 40. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Battambang; Kep; Koh Kong; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Parnara mathias ; Godfrey,1919 : 470. (S: Daban)
Baoris mathias ; Moulton,1923 : 134. (Pulo Condore)
Parnara mathias ; Metaye,1957 : 80.
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 178. (by Metaye,1957)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 130. (S: Dalat; Saigon; Con Dao)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-118,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Pelopidas mathias mathias ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers.
It is necessary to confirm the male brand on the UPF to identify closely related species and identification from the underside is not possible.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1798 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Supplemente : [iv] + 572 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

Latreille, P.A.,1818-1824 : in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie methodique.
Histoire naturelle des insectes. volume 9. Paris :828pp.

Moore, F.,[1866] : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Plötz, C.,1883 : Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):26-64 ; 44(4-6):195-233.

Swinhoe, C.,1885 : On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):124-148, pl.9.


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