Poritia promula elegans

Poritia promula elegans Fruhstorfer, 1919


♂, 2014.07.28. Yala, Thailand.		♀, 2015.06.22. Yala, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Poritia elegans Fruhstorfer, 1919
OD : Arch. Naturgesch. (A)83(2):87-88.
TL : 'Nordwest-Sumatra ; Malayische Halbinsel ; Singapore' [NW.Sumatra].

Distribution :
P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and southward), W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia promula elegans ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 33, figs.49,♂,♂(Un),50,♀. (Yala; Nakhon Si Thammarat)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Chir and A.Giudici).

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

Yala : Betong dist. 1♂, 2014.07.28. P.Sukkit (YI) ; 1♀, 2015.06.22. Y.Inayoshi (YI).

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

Notes

This is the first record from Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 900m). Males are territorial on trees.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1919 : Revision der Gattung Poritia auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane.
Arch. Naturgesch. (A)83:(2):77-101, 1 pl. (Mar.1919)

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(11):337-350, pl.1.


♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by S.Chir)	♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2016.07.31 - 2024.08.31.