Terinos atlita ikarii

Terinos atlita ikarii Saito & Inayoshi, 2018


♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype		♀, 1989.05.23. Chanthaburi, Thailand. Paratype

♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype		♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype


atlita ikarii, Unf apex and Male genitalia		clarissa militum, Unf apex and Male genitalia

ON : Terinos atlita ikarii Sait & Inayoshi, 2018
OD : Butterflies 79:30-31, fig.25,♂(HT),♂(HT,Un),26,♀(PT),♀(PT,Un).
TL : Thabok, Vientiane, Laos. (♂, RIEB)

Distribution : S.E.Thailand (Chanthaburi), Laos, Vietnam.

	● ssp.ikarii
	● ssp.teuthras

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.May.2011. Thabok, Vientiane, C.Laos. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 4♂, 2.Apr.1996. Thadleuk WF., Vientiane, Laos. Y.Inayoshi leg (in coll. Y.Inayoshi) ; 1♀, Apr.2017. Chu Yang Sin, Dak Lak, alt. 1,800m, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito) ; 1♀, 23.May.1989. Makham dist., Chanthaburi, S.E.Thailand. P.Sukkit leg. (in coll. Y.Inayoshi)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Terinos atlita miletum ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.169, figs.N228a♂(Laos),♀(Laos). (in part)'

[ LAOS ]
Terinos atlita miletum [sic] ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.49, figs.♂,♀. (Nhahin; Vientiane)
Terinos atlita miletum [sic] ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.
Terinos atlita ikarii ; Onodera,2022 : 28, pl.94, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ VIETNAM ]
Terinos atlita ikarii ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):178-179, pl.21, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀. (C: Binh Dinh)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 1♀ (Paratype).

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

[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 5♂ (Holotype & Paratypes).

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Lak : 1♀ (Paratype).

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

Notes

The classification of this species and clarissa in the continental taxa has long been confused. Fruhstorfer,1912 in Seitz treated militum, falcata and lioneli as subspecies of clarissa, subsequently Tsukada,1985 considered them as subspecies of atlita. However, the continental militum, falcata and lioneli are in fact clarissa, as Fruhstorfer pointed out.
The identification between atlita and clarissa; In atlita the dark brown spot present in the center of submarginal pale purple mark of space 7 on the unf, while in clarissa, this mark at the inside.
In Laos, it was found in lowland semi-dried forests together with Terinos clarissa militum. However, this species is more localized and rarer than Terinos clarissa. It seems to be rare in Thailand and only one female is known, shown above.

Literature

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls. (in Japanese)

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2018 : New Taxa and new records of butterflies from Indochina.
Butterflies 79:28-57.

2019.12.31 - 2021.11.30.