Idea lynceus lynceus

Idea lynceus lynceus (Drury, [1773])


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

ON : Papilio lynceus Drury, [1773]
OD : Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index,12, pl.7, fig.1.
TL : 'island of Johanna, near Madagascar' [Sumarta ?] (NHML)

Distribution : S.Myanmra, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Synonym

Hestia reinwardi Moore, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2):218. TL. Sumatra ; Nias ; Malacca.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Hestia lynceus reinwardti ; Pendlebury,1923 : 28. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Hestia lynceus reinwardti ; Godfrey,1930 : 232. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang; Pattani: Khao Kalakiri)
Hestia lynceus reinwardti ; Godfrey,1932a : 265. (P)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Pinratana,1977 : 75, fig.D16,♂. (P)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 63,72, pl.76, fig.17,♂. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Yala)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 196, pl.70, fig.D17,♂. (Nakhon Si Thammarat)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 196, pl.70, fig.N17,♂. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Krabi)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 33, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.02.08)
Idea lynceus lynceus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 232-233, figs.Abb.Da-119-121. (Phang Nga)
Idea stolli logani ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 233, fig.Abb.Da-122. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 9♂ 3♀.

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.

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

Yala : 4♂ 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 450m).

Literature

Drury, D.,[1773] : Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects.
2: vii + 90pp, 50pls. London.

Moore, F.,1883 :
A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae;
with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Limnaina.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2):201-252.


♀, Yala, Thailand.

1998.11.15 - 2023.02.28.