Lexias pardalis dirteana

Lexias pardalis dirteana (Corbet, 1941)


♂, Narathiwat, Thailand.		♀, Narathiwat, Thailand.

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

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Euthalia dirtea dirteana Corbet, 1941
OD : Entomologist 74(6):135.
TL : "Malay Peninsula" [W. Malaysia].

Distribution : P. Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W. Malaysia, Singapore.

	● ssp.jadeitina
	● ssp.eleanor
	● ssp.dirteana

Synonym

Lexias pardalis erici Tsukada, 1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands 5:388, 548, pl.88, figs.8(PT,♀Un),9(HT,♂),10(PT,♂Un), 11(PT,♀). TL. Singapore.

Type Materials Information

erici :
Holotype ♂, 11.Mar.1983. Singapore. (in coll. E.Tsukada)
Paratypes : 6♂ 7♀, Singapore.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia pardalis dirteana ; Pinratana,1979 : 85, figs.N148b♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Euthalia pardalis dirteana ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 84, pl.59, figs.159b♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang; Pattani; Yala)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♀. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 458, pl.204, figs.N168b♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.03.24)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 470, pl.209, figs.N334b♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Nakhon Si Thammarat)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 115, figs.♂,♂(Un)♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
Lexias pardalis dirteana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 71-72, figs.Abb.N-450-455. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 6♂.

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 2♀.

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

Trang : 1♂.

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

Yala : 3♂ 4♀.

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

Narathiwat : 3♂ 1♀.

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

Notes
The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 550m) and frequently comes to rotten fruits that have fallen to the ground.
This species generally has a prominent yellow or orange antenna tip. However, individuals with dark orange-black antenna tips are occasionally seen, and these individuals are very difficult to distinguish from dirtea. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Corbet, A. S.,1941 : Further revisional Notes on Malayan Rhopalocera.
Entomologist 74(6):133-135.

Tsukada, E.,1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V, Nymphalidae (II)
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576pp.(238 col. pls.) (in Japanese)

Eliot, J. N. & Kirton, L. G.,2000 : Revisional notes and nomenclatural changes of some Peninsular Malaysian butterflies
Malay. nat. J. 54(2):131-145.

Abe, A. & Kumagai, Y.,2010 : A study of chromosomes in four species of Lexias (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Tyô to Ga 61(!):79-86. (in Japanese)


♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.

2007.03.03 - 2024.05.31.