♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Libythea myrrha hecura Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:770. TL : Malaya. Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia. ● ssp.sanguinalis ● ssp.hecura

[ THAILAND ]
Libythea myrrha hecura ; Pinratana,1988 : 38, pl.42, fig.2b♂. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Yala)
Libythea myrrha hecura ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.25 ; accessed: 2023.07.01)
Libythea myrrha hecura ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 500, pl.224, figs.Li2b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Libythea myrrha hecura ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 512, pl.229, figs.N339b♂,♂(Un),♀♀(Un) (Ranong)
Libythea myrrha hecura ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 23, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Than To WF.)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 6♂ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevation (Alt. 300 - 450m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 7. Familie: Erycinidae, A. Unterfamilie: Libytheini in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
767-784. (14.Apr.1914)

Kawahara, A.Y.,2013 : Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae)
Zootaxa 3631(1):1-74.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2007.03.10 - 2023.07.31.