Iraota timoleon timoleon

Iraota timoleon timoleon (Stoll,[1790])


♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Papilio timoleon Stoll,[1790]
OD : in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen Aanh. :146, pl.32, fig.4,4D.
TL : China.

Distribution : India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, S.China.

Synonyms

Hesperia maecenas Fabricius,1793 : Ent. syst. 3(1):271. TL. China.
Thecla nila Kollar,[1844] : in Hugel, Kaschmir. 4(2):413, pl.4, figs.5,6. TL. Massuri, Himaleya.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Pinratana,1981 : 109, pl.19, figs.9♂,10♀(Un). (Chiang Mai / Bangkok / Mae Hong Son / Nakhon Nayok / Phrae / Ubon Ratchathani)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 658, pl.300, figs.L304,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep / Sam Phran)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 696, pl.318, figs.L328,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep / Sam Phran)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 92, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao / Phu Kradung / Nakohn Nayok / Kao Soi Dao / Phra Chorp Kirikan)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Kamphaeng Phet / Chiang Mai / Chanthaburi)

[ LAOS ]
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 74, pl.106, figs.A1♂[♀].A2♂[♀](Un). (Vang Vieng)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.121, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua / Saravan)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Iraota timoleon ; Onodera,2008 : 58. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Iraota timoleon ; Joannis,1901 : 326. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Iraota timoleon maecenas ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1964b : 388, pl.19, figs.147♀,148♀(Un). (Dong Nai: Dinh Quan / Lam Dong: Col de Blao)
Iraota timoleon maecenas ; Hao et al.,2004 : 11, 80, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 64, fig.L-105,♀. (Lam Dong: Bao Loc)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, fig.L-105♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Iraota timoleon maecenas ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 63. (N / C)
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 63. (S)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.

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

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 3♀ (incl.photo).

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

Lampang : 1♀ (photo).

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

Tak : 1♀.

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

Kanchanaburi : 5♂ (incl.photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 1♂ 1♀.

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

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 1♀.

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

Notes
The butterfly is locally common in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (alt.400m - 1200m) and is frequently found on the hilltops. Male makes a territory on the canopy of the trees and often found sympatrically with Iraota rochana.

Literature

Stoll, C.,[1787]-[1790] : in Cramer, Uitlandsche Kapellen.
voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en bescreeven.
Suppl. (1):1-42, pl.1-8,[1787] ; (2-5):43-184, pl.9-42,[1790]

Fabricius, J.C.,1793 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
3(1): [iv] + 488 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

Kollar, V.,[1844] : Aufzahlung und Beschreibung der von Frciherrn Carl v. Hugel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten.
in Hugel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek.
Stuttgart, Hallbergerische Verlagshandlung 4(2):393-564, 582-585, pl.1-28.


♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2021.02.28.