Ritra aurea volumnia  Fruhstorfer, 1912

Ritra aurea volumnia ♀ Up. Ritra aurea volumnia ♀ Un.
♀, Narathiwat, Thailand.

ON : Cheritra aurea volumnia Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):243.
TL : Perak.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Krabi and Southward),
W.Malaysia.
Ritra aurea volumnia map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ritra aurea volumnia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 672, pl.307, figs.L324,♀,♀(Un). (Narathiwat)
Ritra aurea volumnia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 710, pl.325, figs.L348,♀,♀(Un). (Narathiwat)
Ritra aurea volumnia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 104. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Krabi : 2♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♀. 1997.03.25. Su-ngai Kolok dist., Narathiwat. P.Sukkit.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The record in Thailand was known only one female (25.Mar.1997, Narathiwat. P.Sukkit). Recently in 2021, it is found in Krabi province by Antonio Giudici.
The butterfly is locally uncommon in lowland dry forests.


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, 4f.

Cowan, C.F.,1967 : The Indo-oriental Tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 20(3):75-103, 4 pls.


Ritra aurea volumnia ♂
♂, Krabi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2019.11.30 - 2022.07.31.

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