Anthene licates dusuntua

Anthene licates dusuntua Corbet, 1940


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

ON : Anthene licates dusuntua Corbet, 1940
OD : Entomologist 73:40-41.
TL : Dusuntua, Selangor, "Malay Peninsula" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)

Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Type Material Information

♂, 13.Jan.1930. Dusuntua, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. W.H.Evans. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Anthene licates dusuntua ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 590, pl.267, fig.L160,♀(Un,Laos).'
'Anthene licates dusuntua ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 614, pl.278, fig.L183,♀(Un,Laos).'
Anthene lycaenina ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 14, fig.♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Anthene licates dusntua ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 153, not fig. (Ranong)
Anthene licates dusuntua ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.07)

[ LAOS ]
Anthene licates ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 216, pl.112, fig.♀(Un). (Pakxe)
Anthene licates dusuntua ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Anthene licates dusuntua ; Kosterin,2020 : 321, fig.12,♂(Un). (Siem Reap)
Anthene licates dusuntua ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Anthene licates dusuntua ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 60, fig.L-70,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Anthene licates dusuntua ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 55. (by literature)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Sa Kaeo : 4♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul and M.Hayashi).

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

Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici & S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 350m). Males come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : Revisional notes on Malayan Rhopalocera.
Entomologist 73:39-43.

Tite, G.E.,1966 : A Revision of the Genus Anthene from the Oriental Region (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18(8):253-275, 2 pls, 28 text-figs. London.


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2009.03.10 - 2024.04.30.