Charmion ficulnea queda

Charmion ficulnea queda (Plötz, 1885)


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

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

ON : Plesioneura queda Plötz, 1885
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 29:225.
TL : Malacca.

Distribution : Assam, S.Myanmar (S.Mergui),
P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Tioman, Sumatra.

Synonym

Charmion ficulnea nibana Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:61. TL. Sumatra. (♂, NHML.)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Charmion ficulnea ; Godfrey,1916 : 142. (by literature: Swinhoe, Lep.Ind. 10:28)
Charmion ficulnea ficulnea ; Godfrey,1930 : 357-358. (by literature: Evans ; Swinhoe, Lep.Ind.10:28)
Charmion ficulnea queda ; Evans,1949 : 91. (P)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Pinratana,1985 : 30, pl.12, fig.44,♂. (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 754, pl.346, figs.H56,♂,♀. (Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 36, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puang; Khlong Naka; Key Rap Nam; Than To WF.)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 802, pl.370, figs.H54,♂,♀. (Yala)
Celaenorrhinus ficulnea queda ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Surat Thani; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.01)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong :7♂ 3♀.

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

Surat Thani : 1♀ (photo by R.Charoenpon).

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

Satun : 1♂.

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

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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. 10 - 400m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.

Literature

Plötz, C.,1885 : Neue Hesperiden des Indischen Archipels und Ost Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H.Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C.Ribbe auf Celebes, Java und den Aru-Inseln; Kunstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kuhn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon. Berl. enz. Z. 29:225-232.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(3-5):58-104.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & Grishin, N.V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-94.


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by R.Charoenpon)

1999.07.31 - 2023.10.31.