Taraka hamada mendesia Fruhstorfer, 1918

Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Up. Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Un. Taraka hamada mendesia ♀ Up. Taraka hamada mendesia ♀ Un.
♂, Phrae, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Up. Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Un. Taraka hamada mendesia ♀ Up. Taraka hamada mendesia ♀ Un.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Taraka hamada mendesia Fruhstorfer, 1918
OD : Tijdschr. Ent. 61:23-24.
TL : 'Continental-Indien von Sikkim, Assam und Birma, Sumatra, Nord-Borneo'.
Distribution : Nepal, N.India (Sikkim) to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.
Taraka hamada mendesia map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Godfrey,1930 : 313. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Pinratana,1981 : 34, pl.5, figs.17,♂,18,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Tak)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 65, fig.66,♂. (Umphang: Tha-Sai)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 552, pl.249, figs.L50,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 566, pl.255, figs.L75,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 43, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao Village; Doi Musso)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Nan; Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi) (accessed: 2023.04.28)

[ LAOS ]
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 214, pl.107, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay; Nhahin; Xiang Khouang)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Onodera,2009b : 38. (Vientiane: Vang Vieng)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51.
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Onodera,2022 : 72, pl.204, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phon Kham; Luang Phabang: Somboun)

[ VIETNAM ]
Castalius hamada ; Metaye,1957 : 91. (no loc.)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Luong et al.,2004 : 9, 74, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 40, fig.L-153,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Taraka hamada mendesia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 6♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 350 - 1600m) and is occasionally found at secondary forests or garden trees in a town. Males are territorial on shrubs at forest edges from 13:00 to 15:00.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1918 : Revision der Gattung Castalius auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane.
Tijdschr. Ent. 61:17-44, pls.4,5. (15.Jul.1918)


Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Taraka hamada mendesia ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Taraka hamada mendesia ♂ Taraka hamada mendesia ♀
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2024.08.31.

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