Amathusia friderici holmanhunti

Amathusia friderici holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936


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

ON : Amathusia holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936
OD : J. fed. Malay St. Mus.18(1): 150–151, pl.5, figs.2,♂(Un), 3,♀, 4,♀(Un).
TL : Perak, Malay Peninsula.

Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), W.Malaysia.

Synonym

Amathusia staudingeri utana Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(1): 149–150, pl.5, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un); TL: Gombak valley, Selangor, Malay Peninsula.

Type Materials Information

holmanhunti :
Holotype ♂, Mar.1915. Tapah-Telom Road, Perak, Malay Peninsula. C.B. Holman Hung
Allotype ♀, Mar.1915. Tapah-Telom Road, Perak, Malay Peninsula. C.B. Holman Hung
utana : Holotype ♂, 18.Oct.1921. Gombak Valley, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. H.M.Pendlebury

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amathusia friedrici [sic] holmanhunti: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 324, pl.136, figs.A14,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friedrici [sic] holmanhunti: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 326, pl.136, figs.N160,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Amathusia friderici holmanhunti: Kimura et al.,2016 : 144, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Than To WF.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♀.

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

Yala : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon at lowland forests.

Literature

Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M, 1936. Revision of the Genus Amathusia with special Reference to the Malayan Species.
Journal of the federated Malay States Museums, 18(1): 141–153, pls. IV & V.

Eliot, J.N, 1964. A note on the phidippus L group of the genus Amathusia, with special reference to the Malayan forms.
Entomologist, 97: 155–161.

Aoki, T, Yamaguchi, S. & Uémura, Y, 1982. In: Tsukada, E. (Ed.), Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands vol.3.
Satyridae, Amathusiidae and Libytheidae.
Plapac co. Ltd., Tokyo, 530 pp., 113 pls. (in Japanese)

Uémura, Y, 1986. Identification guide to the species of the genus Amathusia (Lepidoptera : Satyridae ; Amathusiinae).
Yadoriga, 125: 2–8. (in Japanese)

Eliot, J.N, 1992. In: Corbet, A.S. & H.M. Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th edition revised.
Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, x + 595 pp., 69 pls.

Aoki, T, Yamaguchi, S, Uemura, Y. & Saitoh, T, 2002.
Additional Notes on the Amathusiid Butterflies after Publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part 3 Satyridae, Libytheidae".
Yadoriga, 194: 49–60, 66 figs. (in Japanese)

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