Zizula hylax pygmaea

Zizula hylax pygmaea (Snellen, 1876)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

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

ON : Lycaena pygmaea Snellen, 1876
OD : Tijdschr. Ent. 19:163-164, pl.7, fig.3.
TL : Java.

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore,
Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Palawan, Sumba, Sumbawa,
Marinduque, Talaud.

	● ssp.hylax
	● ssp.pygmaea

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zizera gaika ; Pendlebury,1923 : 44. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River)
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Pinratana,1981 : 51, pl.7, figs.31,♂,32,♂(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568,570, pl.257, figs.L102b♀,♀(Un). (Khao Phanom Bencha; Than To)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.['♀'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 589, pl.266, figs.L127b♂,♂(Un). (Khao Phanom Bencha; Than To)
Zizula hylax pygmaea ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 182, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hot Spring; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 152, figs.Abb.L-139-142. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂.

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

Surat Thani (Koh Tao ; Koh Phangan) : 4♂ (photo by P.Kosierb, A.Giudici).

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

Satun : 1♀.

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

Yala : 4♂ 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low elevations (Alt.10 - 500m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Pipers, M.C. & Snellen, P.C.T.,1876 : Lepidoptera van Batavia (eiland Java).
Tijdschr. Ent. 19:138-167, pl.7.


♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2010.03.30 - 2023.09.30.