Nacaduba russelli  Tite, 1963

Nacaduba russelli ♂ Up. Nacaduba russelli ♂ Un.
♂, 1987.03.23. Yala, Thailand.

ON : Nacaduba russelli Tite, 1963
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13(4):72, text-figs.1-3.
TL : Malay Pen. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, {Singapore},
Borneo.
Nacaduba russelli map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Rh.16616, 14.Jun.1959. Upper Gombak River, Ulu Gombak, Malaya. Major A.Bedford Russell. (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Rh.16617, 22.Dec.1938. Nee Soon, Singapore. J.N.Eliot. (NHML)
Paratypes : 1♂, 28.Jun.1959. as holotype ; 1♀, Penang Hill. Adams.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Nacaduba russelli ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 606, pl.274, figs.L162,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Nacaduba russelli ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 157. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : Than To Dist., 1987.03.23. 1♂, Y.Inayoshi (YI)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes
The specimen shown above is the first and only known specimen from Thailand until now.
The butterfly is rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 350m).
Literature

Tite, G.E.,1963 : A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13(4):69-116, 91 tf, 2 pls.


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