Petrelaea dana
(Nicéville, 1884)
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. |
♀, Phetchabun, Thailand. |
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♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
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♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. |
♂, Yala, Thailand. |
ON :
Nacaduba ? dana Nicéville, 1884
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 52(2/4): 73-74, pl.1, fig.15,♂.
TL : 'Bholahat, Malda; Buxa, Bhutan; Tarai, Sikkim; Demangiri, Chittagong'.
Distribution : Sri Lanka, S.India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim to Myanmar, Yunnan, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palawan, Moluccas.
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Synonyms
Nacaduba ardates var. dima Rhe Philipe, 1911 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20(3): 764. TL. "Naga Hills" [Nagaland, N.E.India]. (NHML)
Petrelaea dana varia Toxopeus, 1929 : Tijdschr. Ent. 72(3/4): 242. TL. Java.
Type Material Information
'dana ; Type 1♀, Sikkim. (NZC: No.23063/H9) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 140, figs.♀,♀(Un)' [This specimen is Prosotas lutea ♀. Thus, this is not true type specimen.].
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Petrelaea dana dana ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 71-72, pl.12, figs.91,♂,92,♂(Un), Textfig.34,♂genitalia. (Srakeo)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Pinratana,1981 : 67, pl.11, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Mae Hong Son; Kanchanaburi; Yala)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 257, fig.186,♂(Un). (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Phung)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 586, pl.265, figs.L149,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Petrelaea dana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 610, pl.276, figs.L174,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Petrelaea dana ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 156, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Than To WF.)
Petrelaea dana ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chachoengsao; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.19)
Petrelaea dana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 168-169, fig.Abb.L-228. (Phang Nga)
[ LAOS ]
Petrelaea dana dana ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 73, pl.104, figs.A3,♂,A4,♂(Un). (Pakse; Vang Vieng; Phatong)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Osada et al.,1999 : 216, pl.111, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nhahin)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 46. (Namdhua)
Petrelaea dana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Petrelaea dana ; Onodera,2022 : 82, pl.212, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)
[ VIETNAM ]
Nacaduba dana ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Petrelaea dana dana ; Miyazaki et al.,2006d : 57, fig.L-65,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Petrelaea dana dima ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 54. (C: Quang Binh ; Lam Dong / S)
Petrelaea dana dima ; Saito et al.,2017 : 79. (S: Nui Cam)
Petrelaea dana dima ; Saito et al.,2021 : 466. (Phu Quoc)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.
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Chiang Mai : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phrae : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nan : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Chaiyaphum : 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Chanthaburi : 2♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Trat : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phetchaburi : 3♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
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Yala : 1♂.
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[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♀.
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Lam Dong : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m).
Both sexes visit flowers.
Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
The male genitalia of the populations between the continental region and Yala, P. Thailand are quite different.
I tentatively treat them as the same taxon, but further taxonomic study is needed.
The type specimen of Nacaduba dana, as shown in Sheela et al. (2019), is a female of Prosotas lutea.
Thus, this specimen is not considered to be the true type specimen.
Literature
Nicéville, L. de,1884 : On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 52(2/4): 65-91. pls.1,9,10.
Rhe Phillipe, G.W.V.,1911 : Notes on some Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20(3): 753-769.
Toxopeus, L.J.,1929 : Lycaenidae Australasiae VI. De Riodinidae en Lycaenidae van het island Java.
Tijdschr. Ent. 72(3/4): 215-244.
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. London.
Fujioka, T. & Chiba, H.,1988 : Notes on the Distributions of Some Japanese Butterflies.
Spec. Bull. Lep. Soc. Jap. (6): 141-149. (in Japanese)
Fujioka, T.,2012 : Rare, Local, and Little Known Butterflies from Japan (21) Petrelaea tombugensis Röber, 1886 from Bonin Islands.
Butterflies (S.fujisanus) 59: 6-13. (in Japanese)
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| ♂, Phrae, Thailand. |
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
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