Polyura schreiber tisamenus

Polyura schreiber tisamenus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Eriboea schreiber tisamenus Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 725.
TL : 'Malayischen Halbinsel oder von Singapore' [Singapore]. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia, Singapore.

	● ssp.assamensis
	● ssp.tisamenus

Type Materials Information

tisameus :
Lectotype ♂, Singapore. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)
Paralectotype 1♂, Singapore. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Pinratana,1979 : 103, figs.N175b♂,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 101, pl.80, fig.196b♂. (Phuket)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 494, pl.221, figs.N209b♂,♀. (Songkhla)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 352, pl.149, figs.N183b♂,♂(Un). (Songkhla; Ranong)
Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 136. (by literature)
'Polyura schreiber tisamenus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 16, not fig. (Phang Nga)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Yala : 5♂ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 800m). Males are territorial on canopies at hilltops.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
9: 721-744 (9.Mar.1914), Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen.

Smiles, R.L.,1982 : The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. Ent. (Nat. Hist.) 44(3): 115-237. London.

Tsukada, E.,1991 : In: Tsukada, E. (Ed.), Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V. Nymphalidae (II).
Nagano-ken, Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576 pp. (238 col. pls.) (in Japanese)


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2024.10.31.