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

ON : Libythea myrrha hecura Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 770. TL : Malayischen Halbinsel. Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), 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 uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (250–575 m a.s.l.). Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 7. Familie: Erycinidae, A. Unterfamilie: Libytheini. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 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 - 2026.08.31.