Miletus croton croton (Doherty, 1889)

Miletus croton croton ♂ Up. Miletus croton croton ♂ Un. Miletus croton croton ♂ Up. Miletus croton croton ♂ Un.
♂ (wsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by RIEB) ♂ (wsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by RIEB)

ON : Gerydus croton Doherty, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 58(4): 439-440, pl.23, fig.9,♂.
TL : "Tenasserim Valley" [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar].
Distribution : S.Myanmar, W.Thailand (Kanchanaburi).
● ssp.corus
ssp.croton
Miletus croton croton map

Synonym

Gerydus croton tavoyana Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.): 210. TL. "Tavoy" [Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar]. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Miletus croton croton ; Pinratana,1981 : 26. not fig. (Kanchanaburi)
Miletus croton croton ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 35, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sai York Noi)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : 2♂.
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Notes

The UpF markings of this taxon resemble those of M. mallus. However, the white spot in space 1b is present even in the rainy-season form, and the ground colour of UpH is a blackish brown. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

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

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10 + 454 pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Eliot, J.N.,1961 : An analysis of the Genus Miletus (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Raffles Mus. 26: 154-177, 24 figs.


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