Surendra florimel  Doherty, 1889

Surendra florimel ♂ Up. Surendra florimel ♂ Un. Surendra florimel ♀ Up. Surendra florimel ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Surendra florimel ♂ Up. Surendra florimel ♂ Un. Surendra florimel ♀ Up. Surendra florimel ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Surendra florimel Doherty, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 58(4):424-425, pl.23, figs.4,♀;17,♂.
TL : Tavoy.
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra, Java.
Surendra florimel map

Synonym

Surendra stimula Nicéville, 1895 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):279-280, pl.O, fig.23,♂. TL. Java. (♂, NZC)


Type Material Information

stimula  ; Type ♂, Java. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 163, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Surendra florimel ; Pinratana,1981 : 108, pl.19, figs.7,♂,8(Un). (Ranong)
Surendra florimel ; Seki,1986 : 18. (Ranong)
Surendra florimel ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 656, pl.299, figs.L302,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Surendra florimel ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 694, pl.317, figs.L326,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Surendra florimel ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 91, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tenasserim; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Key Rap; Than To WF.)
Surendra florimel ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 189, figs.Abb.L-315-317,319. (Phang Nga) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂ 7♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♀ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 300m).


Literature

Doherty, W.,1889 : On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 58(4):409-440, 2 pls.

Nicéville, L.de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, pls.N-Q.


Surendra florimel ♂
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2023.09.30.

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