Poritia erycinoides phraatica Hewitson, 1878
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Surat Thani, Thailand.

Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Un. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Un.
♀, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up. Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Up.

ON : Poritia phraatica Hewitson, 1878
OD : Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae 1(8): 214, pl.88, fig.2,♀.
TL : Singapore.
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia, Tioman, {Singapore}.
● ssp.elsiei
● ssp.phraatica
● ssp.miuramasatsunei
Poritia erycinoides phraatica map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Pinratana,1981 : 19, 156, pl.2, figs.2,♂,3,♀ ; pl.4, fig.2,♂(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Seki,1986 : 11. (Ranong)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Kimura,1998 : 31, 37-38, figs.15,♂(Up),16,♂(Un),17,♀(Up),18,♀(Un). (Than To)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 524, pl.236, figs.L3b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To; Ranong)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 536, pl.241, figs.L28b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To; Ranong)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 28, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(UN),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Khlong Naka; Muang Chone; Kao Luang; Than To WF.)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.07.01)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 15♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phang Nga : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes
The butterfly is locally common in lowland forests (Alt. 30 - 450m). Males are territorial on trees or shrubs.
Some female specimens from Ranong have an obscure orange marking and sparsely blue scales on the UpF. It seems to be a variation of polymorphic.
The type locality of the original description is "Singapore", but Bridges (1994) gave it as "Perak". As the paper used for this change is not known, Singapore is used here as the type locality.
Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1878; Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Part I. Lycaenidae.
(8): 209-228, supplementary 17-35 [sic], 35-47, pls.84-85, 88-92, supplementary pls.1a-1b, 3a-3b, 4a, 5a-5b, 7-8 (Nov.1878), London, John Van Voorst.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4): 197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

Bridges, C.A.,1994 : Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World.
Parts I-X, Author, Urbana, 1128 pp.

Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂ Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♂
♂, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂, Phang-nga, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀ Poritia erycinoides phraatica ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand.
1999.05.12 - 2024.08.31.
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