Ypthima watsoni peninsulae  Aoki & Uémura, 1984

Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♂ Up. Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♂ Un. Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♀ Up. Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Ypthima watsoni peninsulae Aoki & Uémura, 1984
OD : Tokurana (6/7):87-88, figs.16i-j,17(♂genitalia),
42(HT,♂), 43(PT,♀), Col.Pl.5, figs.4,8(HT,♂).
TL : P.Thailand. (♂, RIEB)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Krabi ; Yala).
● ssp.watsoni
ssp.inouei
ssp.peninsulae
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 26.Nov.1978. Nam Tok Than Tho, Yala, P.Thailand. (RIEB. examined.)
Paratypes : 1♀, 26.Nov.1978. Nam Tok Than Tho, Yala, P.Thailand. ; 2♂, 22.Nov.1978. Krabi, P.Thailand.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Pinratana,1988 : 35, pl.35, fig.98b♂(Un). (Yala)
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Uémura,1998 : 3, figs.4(♂ genitalia),7(♂ genitalia). (Yala: Nam Tok Than To; Krabi)
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 304, pl.124, figs.S106b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Krabi)
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 304, pl.124, figs.N142b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala; Krabi)
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Uémura,2010 : 8.
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 202, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ; Uémura,2020 : 35. (Yala: Nam Tok Than Tho)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is very localized species, but is not rare in the habitats. The butterfly is found in secondary and montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 250 - 350m). Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Aoki, T. & Uémura, Y.,1984 : Studies on the genus Ypthima (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) in Thailand.
Tokurana (6/7):71-103, 43 figs, 1 col.pl., 8 figs.

Uémura, Y.,1998 : Revisional Notes on Oriental Satyrid Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) Part 1. Ypthima fusca & Ypthima watsoni
Bull. Toyosato Mus. Ent. (7):1-6, 13 figs.

Uémura, Y.,2020 : A revisional guide to the motshulskyi-group of the genus Ypthima Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Part I
Sci. Rep. Toyohashi Mus. Nat. Hist. 30:31-41.


Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♀ Ypthima watsoni peninsulae ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand.

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