![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. | ♀, Ranong, Thailand. | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
♂, Ranong, Thailand. | ♀, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito) | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) | ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
♂, Ranong, Thailand. | ♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
♂, blue-shot in a side light | ♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand. |
ON :
Aphnaeus lohita seliga Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):218. TL : Tenasserim. Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand, S.Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia.
|
![]() |
[ THAILAND ]
Cigaritis seliga seliga ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.283, figs.L202b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Surat Thani)
Spindasis seliga seliga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 148, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kao Pho Ta; Muang Shone) (in part)
[ VIETNAM ]
Spindasis seliga ssp. ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.L-184,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (by literature)
[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 7♂ 2♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1300m).
Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth at hilltops between 11:00 and 14:00.
The population from S.Vietnam is closer to this taxon.
Further taxonomic study is needed.
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.
1999.07.18 - 2021.10.31.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |