Talicada nyseus macbethi

Talicada nyseus macbethi Riley, 1932


♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.		♀, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.		♂ ganitalia, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

ON : Talicada macbethi Riley, 1932
OD : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):251-252,
pl.22, figs.7,♀(Un),8,♀.
TL : Korat, E.Thailand. (♀)

Distribution : Thailand.

	● ssp.burmana
	● ssp.metana
	● ssp.macbethi
	● ssp.annamitica

Type Material Information

Holotype ♀, 07.Feb.1928. Lat Bua Kao, Korat, E.Siam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Talicada macbethi ; Godfrey,1932b : 327. (Korat: Lat Bua Khao)
Talicada nyseus burmana ; Pinratana,1981 : 40, 161. (Prachuap Khiri Khan) (in part)
Talicada nyseus macbethi ; Pinratana,1981 : 40, 162, pl.5, figs.24,♂,25,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Tak)
Talicada nyseus burmana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 558, 560, pl.253, figs.L73a♂,♂(Un), ('Chiang Mai' [loc.err.])
Talicada nyseus macbethi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 558, 560, pl.253, figs.L73b♀,♀(Un). ('Chanthaburi'; Kanchanaburi)
Talicada nyseus burmana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 576, pl.261, figs.L98a♂,♂(Un). ('Chiang Mai' [loc.err.]; Tak)
Talicada nyseus macbethi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 576, pl.261, figs.L98b♂,♂(Un). ('Chanthaburi'; Kanchanaburi)
Talicada nyseus macbethi ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 184, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sai Yok Noi)
Talicada nyseus macbethi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Prachuap Khiri Khan) (accessed: 2020.10.05)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Lamphun : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi).

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

Nakhon Nayok : 1♀ (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat).

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

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 7♂ 3♀.

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

Notes

This is a rather localized species and is found in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 900m). The butterfly is found only around its food plants.
Male genitalia seem almost the same as nyseus burmana and has no significant differences.

Literature

Riley, N.D.,1932 : Descriptions of New Siamese Rhopalocera.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):249-254. 1 pl.

Lo, Y.F.P., Li, F. & Ding, L.,2017 : Description of a new subspecies of Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville,1843) from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on the genus Talicada Moore,1881
Zootaxa 4269(4):586-592.


♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

♀, Lamphun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat)

1999.06.24 - 2023.01.31.