Dacalana azyada azyada (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Un. Dacalana azyada azyada ♀ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Un. Dacalana azyada azyada ♀ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀ (bred), Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Un. Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Up. Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ genitalia Dacalana azyada azyada ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Dacalana vidura azyada Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):174.
TL : 'West-Borneo; Südost-Borneo; Nord-Borneo'.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Singkep, Sumatra, S.Pagai, Borneo, Nias, Bangka, Belitung. 		Dacalana azyada azyada map
Synonym

Dacalana vidura aziyada Seitz, 1926 : Grossschmett. Erde 9:970. (ISS)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Dacalana vidura azyada ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 680, pl.310, figs.L337,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Dacalana vidura azyada ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 718, pl.329, figs.L361,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Dacalana vidura azyada ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 104, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong; Thung Wa; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Dacalana azyada azyada ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022 : 48, figs.31,♂,♂(Un),32,♀,♀(Un),74d(Map). (Nakhon Si Thammarat to Yala)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 2♀ (photo by RIEB).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattalung : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Khuan Don dist.) : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 8♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by RIEB).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in lowland primary forests (Alt. 50 - 350m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves from 30 to 70cm in height.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Lycaeniden.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 27(4):172-178. (31.Jan.1914)

Seitz, A.,1926 : 8. Familie: Lycaenidae, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
9:969-979. (20.Nov.1926)

Corbet, A.S.,1938 : A revision of the Malayan species of Pratapa Moore (Lepidoptera-Lycaenidae)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lonc. (B)7(8)166-172.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2022 : A revision of the vidura group of the genus Dacalana Moore, 1884
Butterflies 88:39-63.

Dacalana azyada azyada ♂
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
1999.07.18 - 2024.03.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.