Logania marmorata marmorata

Logania marmorata marmorata Moore, 1884


♂ (wsf), Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (wsf), Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♀ (wsf), Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Logania marmorata Moore, 1884
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):22.
TL : "Mergui" [Myeik, Myeik Dist., Myanmar]. (NZC)

Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.

	● ssp.marmorata
	● ssp.damis

Type Material Information

Type ♀, Mergui. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 124, fig.?sex[♀],?sex[♀](Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Pinratana,1981 : 33, not fig. (Chanthaburi; Nakhon Nayok)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Eliot,1986 : 65. (Thailand)
Logania marmorata damis ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 256, fig.121,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Sa Duak Bua; Phu Pha Thaep; Ban Naudom; Phu Huay Sing)
Logania watsoniana ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 32, fig.92,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Logania marmorata damis ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 53. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Ubon Ratchathani: Don Far Huan)
Logania regina sriwa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.249, figs.L47,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Chanthaburi; "Yala" [loc.err.])
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 42, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakohn Nayork; Phu Moesing)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.04.28)

[ LAOS ]
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 68, pl.98, fig.B7,♀(Un). (no data.)
Logania marmorata ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 214, not fig. (list only)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51, pl.13, figs.Ly-14,♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Laksao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 120, fig.3H. (Koh Kong; Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Logania regina sriwa ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965 : 348-349, pl.9, figs.65,♀,66,♀(Un). (Lam Dong: Col de Blao)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 50, figs.L-11,♂,♀,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Logania marmorata marmorata ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (C: Lam Dong)
Logania regina sriwa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (C: Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo and photo by L.Day).

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

Sa Kaeo : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 200 - 1000m). Males are territorial on shrubs, trees at forest edges or hilltops and fly in circles for long hours in their territory.

Literature

Moore, F.,1884 : Descriptions of some New Asiatic Lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):16-52.

Eliot, J.N.,1986 : A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 53(1):1-105, 108 figs.


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)	♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by L.Day)	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2023.05.31.