Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga

Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga Riley, 1932


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga Riley, 1932
OD : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):251, pl.22, figs.'1, 2' [recte fig.4,♂].
TL : "Renong, Siam" [Ranong, P.Thailand]. (NHML)

Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong to Krabi).

	● ssp.renonga
	● ssp.annamitica
	● ssp.haraldus

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, "Renong" [Ranong], P.Siam. (NHML) ; Allotype ♀, "Renong" [Ranong], P.Siam.
Paratypes : 2♂ 3♀, "Renong" [Ranong] ; 2♂, 8.Feb.1929. Nang Yawn, Takuapa.
1♀, 18.Dec.1929. La-un, "Ranawng" [Ranong].

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lycaenopsis haraldus ; Godfrey,1930 : 317. (Ranong: La-un; Takuapa: Nang Yawn; Krabi: Nawng Chik; Tambon Kao Panom)
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (Takuapa: Nang Yawn; Ranong: La-un)
Lycaenopsis haraldus haraldus ; Pinratana,1981 : 43. (Krabi) (in part)
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; Pinratana,1981 : 43, 162, pl.6, fig.28,♂. (Ranong) (in part)
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 561, pl.254, figs.L80b,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; 'Phuket')
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 580, pl.262, figs.L105b,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; 'Phuket')
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 186, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka)
Lycaenopsis haraldus renonga ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Ranong) (accessed: 2020.11.27)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 9♂ 4♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 300m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 recorded it from 'Phuket', however, I have never seen any specimens from there. Therefore, they are excluded from the distribution map. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

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

♂, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.06.25 - 2023.02.28.