ON : Poritia pheretia Hewitson, 1874 OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22(3):346. TL : Singapore. Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala ; Narathiwat), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo.

[ THAILAND ]
Simiskina phetetia pheretia ; Kimura,1998b : 41-42, 48, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Than To)
'Simiskina phetetia pheretia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 530, pl.239, figs.L12,♂,♂(Un),♀.(Malaysia).'
'Simiskina phetetia pheretia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 542, pl.244, figs.L36,♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♀(Malaysia,Un).'
Simiskina phetetia pheretia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 31, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF.)

[ THAILAND ]
Narathiwat : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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Only one record of the species was known from Thailand (1♂, 05.Apr.1991, Yala. Y.Kimura). It was found in 2022 by Antonio Giudici from Narathiwat province.
The butterfly seems to be quite localized, occurring in montane forests at low elevations. Further distributional research is needed.

Hewitson, W.C.,1874 : Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22(3):343-355.

♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.01.14 - 2023.05.31.