Thamala marciana sarupa Corbet, 1944

Thamala marciana sarupa ♀ Up. Thamala marciana sarupa ♀ Un. Thamala marciana sarupa ♀ Up. Thamala marciana sarupa ♀ Un.
♀, Satun (Koh Tarutao), Thailand. ♀, Satun (Koh Tarutao), Thailand.

ON : Thamala marciana sarupa Corbet, 1944
OD : Entomologist 77:40-41.
TL : Langkawi Islands, [W.Malaysia].
Distribution : P.Thailand (Koh Tarutao), W.Malaysia (Langkawi).
● ssp.maia
ssp.
ssp.sarupa
ssp.marciana
Thamala marciana sarupa map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Jan.1939. Langkawi Islands. J.N.Eliot.
Allotype ♀, Jan.1939. Langkawi Islands. J.N.Eliot.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Thamala marciana sarupa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 101, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Tarutao Is) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations.
This taxon resembles ssp.maia. However, both sexes have a quite distinct postdiscal black line on the underside of both wings, and the female has marginal black spots in space 2 to 4 on the UnH. Corbet (1941) also included the population from Phuket, P. Thailand in this taxon, but I restricted sarupa to the populations from Langkawi and Koh Tarutao. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1944 : Some notes on the Butterflies of the Langkawi Islands
Entomologist 77(3):39-42.


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