Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana

Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana Doherty, 1889


♂, Lampang, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (var.), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀, Trat, Thailand.

♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)


♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi), Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai (Omkoi), Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi), Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai (Omkoi), Thailand.

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

● ssp.tavoyana
● ssp.regia

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. (N)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Godfrey,1930 : 310. (Prae: Me Song forest; W: Pan Yao)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Poritia phama dawna ; Shirozu & Saigusa,1962 : 45-46, pl.4, figs.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, figs.L5a♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Mae Hong Son; Omkoi; Doi Phu Kha)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 528, pl.238, figs.L10a♂(left),♀(left). (in part).
Poritia manilia evansi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 528, pl.238, figs.L7,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha; Kanchanaburi; Than To)
Poritia karennia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 528, pl.238, figs.L8,♂,♂(Un). (Omkoi; Chiang Dao)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 540, pl.242, figs.L34a♂,♂,♂(Un) ; pl.243, fig.L34a,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Poritia hewitsoni regia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.244, fig.L34b♀(left) (in part).
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 29, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayork; Wan Nam Khiewo)
Poritia hewitsoni tavoyana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2021.07.01)

[ LAOS ]
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 68, pl.98, figs.A1,♂,A2,♂(Un),A3,♀,A4,♀(Un),A5,♀. (list only)
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. (C)
Poritia hewitsoni hewitsoni ab.♀ampsaga ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (C)
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 : 3♂ 4♀.

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

Chiang Rai : 1♂.

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

Chiang Mai (excluding Omkoi) : 8♂ 8♀ (incl.photo).

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

Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.) : 8♂ 8♀.

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

Lampang : 4♂ 4♀ (incl.photo).

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

Nan : 3♂.

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

Tak : 2♂ 2♀.

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

Phetchabun : 1♀ (photo).

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

Nakhon Nayok : 6♂ 6♀ (photo and photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).

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

Trat : 1♀.

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

Phetchaburi : 1♀ (photo by T.Aoyama).

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

[ LAOS ]
Luang Prabang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Khamguht ; 1♂.

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

Bolikhamxai : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Khammouan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 32♂ 11♀.

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

Notes
The butterfly is common in semi-dried forest at low to moderate elevations (alt.30m - 1300m) and males are territorial on trees or shrubs. Very rarely, males with orange patch on the UpF may appear.
Saito & Seki,2003 treated phama as a synonym of hewitsoni. The population from Omkoi, Chiang Mai is different from tavoyana. In this area, the female as tavoyana has not been found. And female similar to Omkoi has not been found from other areas in Thailand. This is considered to be ssp.geta. However in Lak Sao, Laos, Both tavoyana and geta occur together. The relationship between these will require further taxonomic review in the future.
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 Seki, Y.,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.

♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♂+♀, Lampang, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by R.Charoenpon)

♂ (var.), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.

1999.05.12 - 2022.02.28.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.


♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)	♂+♀, Lampang, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.	♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.	♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by R.Charoenpon)

♂ (var.), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.