Horaga onyx sardonyx

Horaga onyx sardonyx Fruhstorfer, 1914


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by E.Ikari)

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Guidici)

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Horaga moulmeina sardonyx Frunstorfer, 1914
OD : Deut. ent. Z. Iris 28(1):33.
TL : Mt.Battak, N.E.Sumatra. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Koh Phangan and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra, Borneo,
Bangka.

	● ssp.onyx
	● ssp.sardonyx

Type Material Information

sardonyx ; Holotype ♂, N.E.Sumatra. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Horaga onyx onyx ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.07.30)
Horaga onyx sardonyx ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 36, figs.82,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♀.

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.

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

Yala : 4♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forest at low to moderate elevationas (Alt.150m - 700m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and occur sympatrically with Horaga syrinx maenala in Yala. Time of male activity is different between the two species. In syrinx from about 11:00 to 14:30 while in onyx from about 15:00 to 16:00.

Literature

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.

♂, Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2022.07.31.