Jamides abdul abdul

Jamides abdul abdul (Distant, 1886)


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)		♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by RIEB)

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by RIEB)

ON : Lampides abdul Distant, 1886
OD : Rhop malayana : 456-457, pl.44, fig.22,'♀' [recte ♂].
TL : Malacca, "Malay Peninsula" [W.Malaysia]. (MNHU)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Phang Nga and Southward), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Bangka, Natuna.

Synonym

Lampides marakata Nicéville, 1890 : Butts. India Burmah Ceylon 3:174. TL. Padang Rangas, Perak, [W.Malaysia]. (♂)

Type Material Information

abdul ; Holotype ♂, Malacca. (MNHU) ; Takanami,1989 : 26, figs.A19a(HT,♂),19b(HT,♂Un.).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Jamides abdul abdul ; Pinratana,1981 : 59, pl.10, figs.5,♀,6,♂(Un). (Yala)
Jamides abdul abdul ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 578, pl.262, figs.L126,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Phang-nga)
Jamides abdul abdul ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 600, pl.272, figs.L151,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Phang-nga)
Jamides abdul abdul ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 176, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Kao Luang; Than To WF.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo by RIEB).

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

Yala : 2♂ (photo by RIEB and K.Yano).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 700m).

Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

Nicéville, L. de,1890 : The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume III (Lycaenidae).
Calcutta Central Press 4 to : xii + 503 pp, frontispiece, pls.25-29.

Takanami, Y.,1989 : On Some Type Specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera)
Tyô to Ga 40(1):23-80.

Schröder, S. & Saito, K.,2019 :
New subspecies of Jamides abdul from the Philippines and Indonesia, with a nomenclatorial note concerning Jamides poliaemus (Pagenstecher,1884) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Butterflies 82:30-39.

1999.07.11 - 2023.05.31.