Spindasis syama terana

Spindasis syama terana (Fruhstorfer, 1912)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Aphnaeus syama terana Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):217.
TL : Perak ; N.Sumatra.

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra.

	● ssp.peguanus
	● ssp.sepulveda
	● ssp.terana

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis syama terana ; Pinratana,1981 : 112, pl.20, fig.6(Un) ; pl.32, figs.2,♂,3,♀,4,♂(Un). (Narathiwat; Yala)
Spindasis syama terana ; Seki,1986 : 18. (Ranong)
Spindasis syama terana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 596, pl.269, figs.L175b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Spindasis syama terana ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,['♂'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.10.04)
Cigaritis syama terana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.282, figs.L200b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Spindasis syama terana ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 147, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hat Supin; Ban Tung Tong; Thung Wa)
Cigaritis syama terana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 191, figs.Abb.L-333-334,336. (Phang Nga) (in part)
Spindasis syama terana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂ 3♀.

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

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane and secondary forests at low elevations (Alt. 150 - 450m). Both sexes visit flowers. Males are territorial on undergrowth at forest edges.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 :
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begrundet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs.

Balint, Zs., Heath, A., Katona, G., Kertesz, K. & Safian, Sz.,2017 : Male secondary sexual characters in Aphnaeinae wings (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Opusc. Zool. Budapest 48(1):27-34.


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2023.09.30.