Erites medura russelli  Eliot, 1960

Erites medura russelli ♂ Up. Erites medura russelli ♂ Un. Erites medura russelli ♀ Up. Erites medura russelli ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Erites medura russelli Eliot, 1960
OD : Entomologist 93(12):241.
TL : Selangor, Malaya. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia.
● ssp.rotundata
ssp.russelli
Erites medura rotundata map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂ ; Allotype ♀ ; Jul.1959. Ulu Gombak, 16th milestone, Selangor, Malaya. A.B.Russell. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Erites medura rotundata ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.19 ; accessed: 2023.06.30)
Erites medura russelli ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 286, pl.116, figs.S81b♂,♂(Un). (Song Khla; Ranong)
Erites medura rotundata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 286, pl.115, figs.N116,♂(Ranong),♂(Un,Ranong). (in part)
Erites medura russelli ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 190, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Erites medura rotundata ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 271-272, figs.Abb.S-161,162. (Phang Nga)
Erites medura russelli ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phang Nga) (accessed: 2023.06.30)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 50m).


Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1957 : A new species of Potanthus (Hesperiidae) and some other Butterflies from Malaya
Entomologist 93(1171):241-245, 2 figs.


Erites medura russelli ♂
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2019.08.31 - 2023.07.31.

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