Cigaritis syama terana

Cigaritis 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, [W. Malaysia] ; Nordost-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)
Cigaritis 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. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song. L. & Grishin, N. V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-93.


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

1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.