Virachola subguttata malaya

Virachola subguttata malaya Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, 1997.02.--. Ranong, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Virachola malaya Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933
OD : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17(2):404-405.
TL : Bukit Kutu, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. (♀)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and southward),
W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra, Borneo.

	● ssp.subguttata
	● ssp.malaya

Type Material Information

Holotype ♀, 9.Sep.1910. Bukit Kutu, Selangor, Malay Peninsula.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Virachola subguttata malaya ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 38, figs.112,♂,♂(Un),113,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Virachola subguttata malaya ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2022- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1997.02.--. 1♀, LC (KS).

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

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).

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

Notes
The female specimen shown above is the first record from Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1000m) and is often found at hilltops. Males are territorial on shrubs.

Literature

Pendlebury, H.M. & Corbet, A.S.,1933 : Some Lycaenidae new to the Malay Peninsula
J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17(2):402-405.


♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2020.07.31 - 2023.09.30.