Pratapa deva lila

Pratapa deva lila Moore, 1884


♂ (dsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Pratapa lila Moore, 1884
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4):529, pl.49, fig.9,♂.
TL : 'Silhet, E.Bengal [southern Khasia Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]'.

Distribution : Nepal, N.India to Myanmar, Andaman, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Guangdong, Hongkong, Guangxi, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hainan.

	● ssp.lila
	● ssp.relata

Synonyms

Camena deva angada Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):206. TL. 'Nördl. Indien'.
Pratapa deva devula Corbet, 1941 : Hong Kong nat. 10(3/4):154-155. TL. "Foo Chow" [Fuzhou, Fujian]. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

devula ; Holotype ♂, Foo Chow. (NHML) ; Allotype ♀. Foo Chow. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pratapa deva ; Godfrey,1932b : 327-328. (Chaiyaphum: Naung Bua Deng)
Pratapa deva lila ; Pinratana,1981 : 127, pl.23, figs.8,♂,9(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiang Rai; Nakhon Phanom; Sakon Nakhon)
'Pratapa deva lila ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 681, pl.311, fig.L343,♂(Laos).'
'Pratapa deva lila ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 720, pl.330, fig.L367a,♂(Laos).'
Pratapa deva lila ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 112, figs.♂(Wiang Pa Pao),♂(Wiang Pa Pao,Un),♀(Doi Suthep),♀(Doi Suthep,Un). (Doi Suthep; Wiang Pa Pao) (in part)
Pratapa deva lila ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

[ LAOS ]
Pratapa deva lila ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.124, fig.♂. (Lak Sao)
Pratapa deva lila ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55, pl.21, figs.Ly-222,♀,♀(Un). (Phonsavan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pratapa deva lila ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 65, fig.L-122,♂[♀]. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Pratapa deva lila ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 66. (by literature)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 7♂ 7♀ (incl. photo & photo by T.Laola).

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

Kanchanaburi : 7♂ (incl. photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 2♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1200m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males are territorial on canopies.

Literature

Moore, F.,1884 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4):521-535, pls.48-49.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : A list of the butterflies of Hongkong (3), Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae.
Hongkong nat. 10(3/4):148-166, 1 pl.

Huang, H.,2022 : Taxonomy and morphology of Chinese butterflies 2
Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Iolaini: Genera Tajuria Moore, 1881, Pratapa Moore, 1881, Dacalana Moore, 1884, Maneca de Nicéville,1890, Creon de Nicéville, 1896 and Bullis de Nicéville, 1897 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Atalanta 53(1/2):136-199.


♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.