Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana  Doherty,1889
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 1983.02.10. Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, 1991.02.25. Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 1994.04.07. Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, 1984.03.12. Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 2002.12.30. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito)		 ♀, 2003.01.02. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un.
♂, 1999.11.--. Lak Sao, Khamguht, Laos.
( photo by K.Saito )

Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 1991.02.24. Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, 1993.11.19. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 1993.03.08. Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, 1993.11.08. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♀ Un.
♂, 2002.12.30. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito)		 ♀, 2002.12.08. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Up. Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ♂ Un.
♂, 1984.03.11. Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, 2003.01.03. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito)

ON : Poritia hewitsoni var.tavoyana Doherty,1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengl, Pt.2. 58(4):429.
TL : Tavoy, S.Burma.


Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam. 		Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana map

Synonyms

Poritia geta  Fawcett,1897 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)20:112-113.  TL. Toungoo, Burma.
Poritia hewitsoni ampsaga  Fruhstorfer,[1912] : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):199.  TL. S.Annam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyanus ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (North)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Godfrey,1930 : 310. (Prae: Me Song forest / West: Pan Yao)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (Peninsula)
Poritia phama dawna ; Shirozu & Saigusa,1962 : 45-46, pl.4, fig.27♂,28♂(Un), Textfig.17,♂genitalia. (Ban Pang)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Pinratana,1981 : 20, 156, pl.2, fig.9♀ ; pl.4, fig.6♀(Un). (Chiang Mai / Lampang)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana; Pinratana,1981 : 20, 156, pl.2, fig.10♀ ; pl.4, fig.5♀(Un). (Chiang Mai / Kanchanaburi / Chaiyaphum / Khon Kaen / Loei / Chonburi / Tak)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Kimura,1998 : 33, 39, figs.33♂(Up),34♂(Un),35♀(Up),36♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Saito & Seki,2003 : figs.6♂,30♂(Un),7♀,31♀(Un),15♂,39♂(Un). (Chiang Mai / Chiang Dao / Mae Sot)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 65, fig.62,♀. (Umphang: Tha Sai ; Umphang)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47, fig.47,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Poritia phama geta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 526, pl.237, fig.L5a,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀,♂(Un;dsf),♀(Un;wsf),♀(Un;dsf). (Mae Hong Son / Omkoi / Doi Phu Kha)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 528, pl.238, fig.L10a,♂,♀. (Phu Khieo) (in part).
Poritia manilia evansi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.238, fig.L7,♂,♂,♂(Un).
Poritia karennia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.238, fig.L8, ♂,♂(Un).
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 540, pl.242, fig.L34a,♂,♂,♂(Un) ; pl.243, fig.L34a,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (in part) (Omkoi / Mae Ei / Mae Hong Son / Phu Khieo / Kanchanaburi) (in part)
Poritia hewitsoni regia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.244, fig.L34b,♀(left) (in part).
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 29, fig.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo / Nakohn Nayork / Wan Nam Khiewo)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig.♂,♂,♂(Un),♀(Un). (Chiang Mai / Nakhon Nayok)

[ LAOS ]
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 68, pl.98, figs.A1♂,A2♂(Un),A3♀,A4♀(Un),A5♀. (List up only, No data.)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 214, pl.106, figs.♂,♀. (Lak Sao / Xiang Khouang)
Poritia phama ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 214, pl.106, figs.♂,♀. (Lak Sao)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Saito & Seki,2003 : figs.8,♂,32♂(Un),9♂,33♂(Un),10♀,34♀(Un). (Lak Sao / Xiang Khouang)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 45. (Namdhua / Thakhek / Lak Sao)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 ; 50.

[ VIETNAM ]
Poritia hewitsoni ampsaga ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 1008. (Annam)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (Central)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ab.♀ampsaga ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (Central)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1964b : 349-350, pl.9, figs.67♂,68♂(Un),69♀,70♀(Un). (Dong Nai: Trang Bom / Banmethuout, Song Be)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Saito & Seki,2003 : figs.11♂,35♂(Un),12♂,36♂(Un),13♀,37♀(Un),14♀,38♀(Un). (Bao Loc)
Poritia hewitsoni ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 49, figs.L-2,♂,♀,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri ; Dai Duc Me ; Gung Re)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 ; 47. (C / S)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son.
 1982.07.17
 2♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Mae Hong Son.
 1982.08.--

1♀
P.Sukkit (PS)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1991.02.24
 4♂


Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1991.02.25

1♀
Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1984.03.11
 5♂


Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1984.03.12

1♀
Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1984.03.14
 1♂


Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son dist.
1992.11.03
 2♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Mae Hong Son, Mae Sariang dist.
 1993.03.24

1♀
R.Phongpiyamit (PS)
Chiang Mai, Fang dist.
 1992.03.12
 1♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao dist.
 1983.02.10
 1♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao dist.
 1990.03.13
 1♂


K.Yasuda (YI)
Chiang Mai, Hang Dong dist.
 2014.03.06

1♀
Y.Inayoshi (YI)
Chiang Mai, Doi Saket dist.
 2016.02.17
 2♂


Y.Inayoshi (photo)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.03.08
 1♂


P.Sukkit (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.03.21
 1♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.04.07
 2♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.04.12
 7♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.10.17
 2♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.10.20
 1♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.10.22
 1♂
1♀
Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.11.03
 1♂
1♀
P.Sukkit (PS)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.11.08

1♀
Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.11.15
 2♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.11.18
 2♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1993.11.19
 1♂
1♀
Local Catcher (YI)
Chiang Mai, Omkoi dist.
 1994.11.28
 1♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Lampang, Mueang Pan dist.
 2015.02.16
 1♂


Local Catcher (YI)
Lampang, Mueang Pan dist.
 2015.02.19
 1♂
1♀
Y.Inayoshi (photo)
Nan.
 1989.03.--
 1♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Nan, Pua dist.
 1992.02.07
 1♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Nan, Pua dist.
 1992.02.17
 1♂


K.Phongpiyamit (PS)
Tak.
 1991.02.--
 1♂


P.Sukkit (PS)
Chaiyaphum.
 2012.03.22

1♀
Local Catcher (LC)
Chaiyaphum.
 2012.04.15
 1♂


Local Catcher (LC)
Nakhon Nayok.
 2009.11.23
 1♂
1♀
M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama (photo)

[ LAOS ]
Khamguht, Lak Sao.
 1999.11.--
 1♂


Local Catcher (KS)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2003.01.01
 4♂
1♀
K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2003.01.02
 7♂
4♀
K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2003.09.14

1♀
K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2003.09.19

1♀
K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2002.12.30
 21♂


K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dambri.
 2002.12.31

2♀
K.Saito (KS)
Lam Dong, Dai Duc Me.
 2003.01.03
 1♂
2♀
K.Saito (KS)

Notes

The butterfly is not rare in primeval and secondary forest at low to moderate elevations.
Literature

Doherty, W.,1889 : On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 58(4):409-440, 2 pls.

Fawcett, J.M.,1897 : On new species of Rhopalocera from Toungoo, Burma, and the Battack Mountains in Sumatra.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)20:111-113.

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

Saito, K. and Y. Seki,2003 :
A revision of Poritia hewitsoni Moore,[1866] and Poritia phama H.H.Druce,1895 from India to South-East Asia (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae)
Butterflies 38:4-11.
1999.05.12 - 2016.09.30.