Charaxes durnfordi merguia Tytler, 1926

Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♂ Up. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♂ Un. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♀ Up. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♂ Up. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♂ Un. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♀ Up. Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes durnfordi merguia Tytler, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3): 579, pl.5, fig.2,♂
TL : "Mergui" [Myeik, Myeik Dist., Myanmar].
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong to Satun). [Cambodia]
● ssp.merguia
ssp.
Charaxes durnfordi merguia map

Synonym

Charaxes durnfordi miyashitai Hanafusa, 1987; Iwase 4: 23, pl.8, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un); TL: Ranong, Thailand.


Type Materials Information

miyashitai :
Holotype ♂, 15.Jan.1986. Ranong, S.Thailand. (in Coll. Hanafusa)
Paratypes : 2♂ 2♀, Ranong ; 6♂, Trang.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes durnfordi: Pendlebury,1923 : 42–43. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi: Godfrey,1930 : 304. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi: Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi: Pinratana,1979 : 108, figs.N181,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 97, pl.74, figs.186,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang; Satun)
Charaxes durnfordi durnfordi: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 484, pl.216, figs.N199,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong)
Charaxes durnfordi merguia: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 364, pl.155, figs.N194,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Charaxes durnfordi merguia: Kimura et al.,2016 : 132, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Kao Poh Ta; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)
Charaxes durnfordi merguia: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2024– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Ranong) (accessed: 2024.05.08)

[ CAMBODIA ]
'Charaxes durnfordi: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)'
'Charaxes durnfordi: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Pursat)'


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Trang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in lowland forests (20–300 m a.s.l.).
The details of the record from Cambodia are unclear. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Tytler, H, 1926. Notes on some new and interesting Butterflies from India and Burma. Part 2.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 31(3): 578–590, 3 pls.

Hanafusa, H, 1987. New Subspecies of Charaxes, Polyura and Moduza from South East Asia.
Iwase, 4: 14–37, 4 pls.


Charaxes durnfordi merguia ♂
♂, Krabi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.12.09 - 2024.05.31.

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