Chilades lajus tavoyana

Chilades lajus tavoyana Evans,1925


♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂, Surat Thani (Koh Tao), Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)

♂, Surat Thani (Koh Tao), Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)		♂, Surat Thani (Koh Tao), Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)

ON : Chilades lajus tavoyana Evans,1925
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(2):344.
TL : Kanbauk, Tavoy, Burma. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand, W.Malaysia.

Type Materials Information

Lectotype ♂, BMNH(E)#264384, Kanbauk, Tavoy. 26.11.'20. W.H.Evans. designated by Balint,1999 (NHML)
Paralectotypes 1♂ 2♀. Tavoy, Burma. designated by Balint,1999 (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Chilades lajus lajus ; Pinratana,1981 : 53. (Prachuap / Krabi) (in part)
Chilades lajus tavoyanus ; Pinratana,1981 : 53, pl.8, figs.2,♂,3,♀,4,♂(Un). (Phuket / Prachuab Kiri Khan / Satun) (in part)
Chilades lajus tavoyanus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 570, pl.258, figs.L105b[L106b],♀,♀(Un). (Prachuab Khiri Khan)
Chilades lajus tavoyanus ; Les Day,2011 - : Butterflies of Koh Samui, figs. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Chilades lajus tavoyanus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 590, pl.267, figs.L131b,♀,♀(Un). (Prachuab Khiri Khan)
Chilades lajus tavoyanus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 196, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Koh Samui / Satun / Sonkhla)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist: Koh Phangan ; Koh Tao) : 5♂ (incl.photo by A.Giudici).

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.

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

Notes
The butterfly is not rare locally in citrus plantations or gardens at low to moderate elevations.
The identification and distribution of nominotypical subspecies and ssp.tavoyanus in Thailand is still unclear. I follow Kimura et al.(2014) provisionally, however the populations from S.E.Thailand and Phetchaburi, P.Thailand might be ssp.tavoyanus. Further taxonomic study with a large number of specimens from various places is needed.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VI.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(2):322- 351, 2 pls.

Balint, Z.,1999 : Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Neue ent. Nachr. 46:1-89.


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

1999.07.04 - 2021.01.31.