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

ON : Taraka mahanetra Doherty, 1890 OD : in Marshall & Nicéville, Butts. India Burmah Ceylon 3:59. TL : Padang Rangas, Perak, "Malay Pen." [W.Malaysia]. Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia. ● ssp.mahanetra ● ssp.miyagawai

Taraka hantu Corbet, 1938 : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87(5):162-163, pl.1, fig.9♀. TL. Bukit Kutu, Selangor, "Malay Peninsula" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)

hantu ; Holotype ♂, Jul.1929, Bukit Kutu, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. H.M.Pendlegury (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Taraka mahanetra ; Pinratana,1981 : 34, pl.5, fig.19,♀. (Yala)
Taraka mahanetra ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 552, pl.249, figs.L51,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Taraka mahanetra ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 566, pl.256, figs.L76,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Taraka mahanetra ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 44, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
Taraka mahanetra ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2022.05.30)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 5♂ (incl. photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).

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The butterfly is uncommon in primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 800m). Males are territorial on trees at forest edges from 13:00 to 14:00.

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

Doherty, W.,1890 : in Marshall & Nicéville, The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume III (Lycaenidae).
Calcutta Central Press 4 to : xii + 503 pp, frontispiece, pls.25-29.

Corbet, A.S.,1938 : Celastrina and Taraka froms from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87(5):161-164, 1 pl., 7 figs.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2024.08.31.