Polyura moori moori (Distant, 1883)

Polyura moori moori ♂ Up. Polyura moori moori ♂ Un. Polyura moori moori ♂ Up. Polyura moori moori ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes moori Distant, 1883
OD : Rhop. malayana : 108, pl.13, fig.3,♂.
TL : Province Wellesley, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra.
● ssp.sandakanus
ssp.moori
Polyura moori moori map

Type Material Information

Holotype (? sex), Province Wellesley, Malay Pen. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura moori moori ; Pinratana,1979 : 98, figs.N168,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Polyura moori moori ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 98, pl.75, figs.189,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Polyura moori moori ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.07)
Polyura moori moori ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 488, pl.218, figs.N202,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Polyura moori moori ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 354, pl.150, figs.N185,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Polyura moori moori ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2021.07.01)
Polyura moori moori ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 133, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF.)
Polyura moori moori ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 17-18, figs.Abb.N-110-113. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 5♂ (incl. photo)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 250 - 450m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.

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.


Polyura moori moori ♂ Polyura moori moori ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2024.05.31.

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