Miletus nymphis fictus  Corbet, 1939

Miletus nymphis fictus ♀ Up. Miletus nymphis fictus ♀ Un. Miletus nymphis fictus ♀ Up. Miletus nymphis fictus ♀ Un.
♀, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Miletus fictus Corbet, 1939
OD : Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(2):26-27.
TL : Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malay Pen. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Sumatra.
Miletus nymphis fictus map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 5.Nov.1936, Fraser's Hill, 3500ft., Pahang, Malay Peninsula. J.N.Eliot. (NHML)
Allotype ♀, 4.Mar.1930, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malay Peninsula. A.S.Corbet.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Miletus nymphis fictus ; Eliot,1961 : 164. (P)
Miletus nymphis fictus ; Pinratana,1981 : 27, pl.3, figs.5,♀,9,♀. (Trang; Yala)
Miletus nymphis porus ; Pinratana,1981 : 27, pl.3, fig.6,♂ ; pl.4, fig.15,♂(Un). (Trang)
Miletus nymphis porus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 538. (Trang)
Miletus nymphis fictus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 538, pl.244, figs.L26b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Miletus biggsii biggsii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.244, figs.L28,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Miletus nymphis fictus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 552, pl.250, figs.L50,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Ranong; Yala) (in part)
Miletus biggsii biggsii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.250, figs.L52,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Miletus nymphis porus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 36. (by literature)
Miletus nymphis fictus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 36, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in primary forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 250m).


Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1939 : A revision of the Malayan species of Miletus Hübner, (= Gerydys Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)8(2):25-31, 19 figs.

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


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