Curetis santana malayica

Curetis santana malayica (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Anops malayica C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
OD : Reise öst. Fregatte Novara. Zool. Theil (2):221, pl.28, fig.18,♂.
TL : "Malacca Interior" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), S.Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka.

Synonym

Curetis santana malayica forma honesta Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69:58. TL. W. Sumatra. (NHML) (IFS)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Curetis bulis malayica ; Godfrey,1916 : 138. (Sriracha; Prae: Me Song forest)'
'Curetis bulis malayica ; Godfrey,1930 : 326-327. (Chonburi: Sriracha)'
Curetis bulis malayica ; Pendlebury,1923 : 45. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Curetis bulis malayica ; Godfrey,1930 : 326-327. (Bangnara; Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang; Songkhla: Tepa; Pattani: Khao Kalakiri)
Curetis bulis malayica ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Curetis santana malayica ; Pinratana,1981 : 153, pl.29, figs.4,♂,5,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Curetis santana malayica ; Eliot,1990 : 224. (Thailand)
Curetis santana malayica ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.04.19)
'Curetis santana malayica ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)'
Curetis santana malayica ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 47, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Curetis santana malayica ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 134, figs.Abb.L-060-062, [L-062 is probably not santana]. (Phang Nga)

[ VIETNAM ]
Curetis santana malayica ; Eliot,1990 : 208, 224. (S: Lang Biam Plateau)
'Curetis santana malayica ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (N: Lai Chau / C: Nghe An, Ha Tinh)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 4♂.

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

Yala : 8♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low elevation (Alt. 50 - 450m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The records from continental area are most likely misidentification of dentata as Kimura et al. (2014) pointed out or metayei. I have never seen any reliable specimens, at least from continental Thailand and Laos. However, it is assumed to be distributed along Tenasserim and Dawna ranges from peninsular to western Thailand. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,[1865]-1874 : Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair.
Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Lepidoptera. Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn.
(1):[4] + 1-136, pls. 1-21 ([12 January 1865]) ; (2):[2] + 137-378, pls. 22-47 ([after October] 1865) ; (3):[2] + 379-536, pls.48-74 ([25 April] 1867) ; (4):[6] + 1-9 [explanation of plates] ([31 December] 1874)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Neue Curetis und Uebersicht der bekannten Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 69:49-59. (Jan.1908)

Eliot, J.N.,1990 : Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Tyô to Ga 41(4):201-225.

2006.02.26 - 2024.08.31.