Tanaecia clathrata violaria

Tanaecia clathrata violaria Butler, 1869


♂, Satun, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Tanaecia violaria Butler, 1869
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):612, pl.45, fig.8,♀.
TL : Singapore. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Trang and Southward), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.

Synonyms

Tanaëcia [sic] nicevillei Distant, 1884 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:199-200. TL. Perak, [W.Malaysia].
Euthalia ellida subclathrata Staudinger, 1896 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris], 9:237-238. TL. Tanjong Malim, Malacca, [W.Malaysia]. (ZMHU)

Type Material Information

violaria : Syntype ♀, Type (red), Singapore. (NHML) : Yokochi,2016 :16, fig.30,♀.
subclathrata : Lectotype ♂, Malacca, W.Malaysia. (ZMHU) : Yokochi,2016 :16, fig.23,♂.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tanaecia clathrata violaria ; Kimura,1994 : 19-20, figs.29♂,30♂(Un). (Trang: Khao Chong)
Tanaecia clathrata violaria ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 70, pl.43, fig.125,♂. (Trang)
'Tanaecia clathrata violaria ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 420, pl.184, fig.N130,♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♀[♂](Malaysia)'
'Tanaecia clathrata violaria ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 430, pl.188, figs.N296,♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♂(Malaysia)'
Tanaecia clathrata violaria ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 97, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Ka Chong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Songkhla : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Satun : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 250m).

Literature

Butler, A.G.,1869 : A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):599-615, pl.45.

Distant, W.L.,1884 : Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. Part III.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:198-202.

Staudinger, O.,1896 : Neue exotische tagfalter.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 9:193-240, 5 pls.

Yokochi, T.,2016 : A note on the genus Tanaecia Butler,1869 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini), distributed in South East Asia (Part 1)
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hum. Hist., Ser.A, 14:13-31.

♂, Songkhla, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.01.31 - 2024.07.31.