Horaga onyx onyx

Horaga onyx onyx (Moore,[1858])


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Surat Thani, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Thecla onyx Moore,[1858]
OD : in Horsfield & Moore,
Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co. (1):30.
TL : "Moulmein" (♂, NHML)
Distribution : N.India, Sikkim Assam, Myanmar,
Thailand (Surat Thani and northwards), Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Horaga onyx forma.arta Fruhstorfer,1914 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(1):34. TL. Assam.

Type Material Information

onyx ; Holotype ♂, Himalaya. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Horaga onyx onyx ; Cowan,1966 : 115-116. (Thailand)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Pinratana,1981 : 125, pl.23, fig.3 ; pl.31♂, fig.4♂(Un). (Chiang Mai / Chanthaburi / Lampang)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 259, fig.158,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Huay Sing)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 678, pl.310, figs.L334,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Chanthaburi / Kanchanaburi / Khao Poata)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 716, pl.328, figs.L358,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi / Kanchanaburi / Khao Pota)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 102, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Chiang Dao / Doi Suthep / Bun Kahn / Phu Huay Sing / Muang Shone)
Horaga onyx onyx ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai)

[ LAOS ]
Horaga onyx onyx ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.124, figs.♂(dsf),♀(dsf). (Lak Sao) (in part)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.

[ VIETNAM ]
Horaga onyx ; Metaye,1957 : 88. (no loc.)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.L-183♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 42. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Horaga onyx onyx ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 64. (N: Bac Can / C: Lam Dong / S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai (alt. 400 - 1600m) : 9♂ 3♀ (incl.photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nan : 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♀ (photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Surat Thani : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes
The butterfly is locally common in the montane forest and is sympatrically distributed with Horaga syrinx moulmeina. Male makes a territory on the trees at edge of forest or hilltops. Time of male activity is different between the two species. In syrinx from about 11:00 to 14:00 while in onyx from about 14:00 to 16:00.
Example of Surat Thani seems slightly transition to ssp.sardonyx.

Literature

Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,[1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London. East India Co.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Lycaenidae.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(1):33-35.

Cowan, C.F.,1966 : Indo-oriental Horagini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18(4):103-141, 3 pls.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2020.12.31.