Gerosis limax dirae  (Nicéville, 1895)

Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Up. Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Un. Gerosis limax dirae ♀ Up. Gerosis limax dirae ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Up. Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Un. Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Up. Gerosis limax dirae ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

ON : Daimio dirae Nicéville, 1895
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(4):369-370, pl.Q, fig.49,♂.
TL : Pulo Laut, Borneo. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, S.Vietnam,
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra.
Gerosis limax dirae map

Synonym

Tagiades graya Elwes & Edwards, 1897 : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):133. (Published in synonymy.)


Type Material Information

dirae  ; ♂ Type, Jun.1891. Pulo Laut, Borneo. Doherty (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 22, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Daimio dirae ; Pendlebury,1923 : 47. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Daimio limax dirae ; Godfrey,1930 : 363-364. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Daimio limax dirae ; Godfrey,1932a : 275. (Phuket)
Daimio limax dirae ; Evans,1949 : 133. (Siam)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Pinratana,1985 : 39, pl.14, fig.64,♂. (Chanthaburi; Ranong; Trang)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 43. (Ubon Ratchathani: Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 760, pl.349, figs.H78,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],♀[♂]. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.05.08)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 44, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Pliewn WF; Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 812, pl.374, figs.H76,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Gerosis limax dirae ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Chanthaburi; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.06.10)

[ LAOS ]
Gerosis limax dirae ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Pakxe)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Gerosis limax dirae ; Onodera,2022 : 107, pl.243, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Savannakhet: Don Natadt)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Gerosis limax dirae ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.7A♂. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Gerosis limax dirae ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 123. (S: Cat Tien)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 7, figs.H-35,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Gerosis limax dirae ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 74. (C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂ (photo by T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Krabi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Savannakhet : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Both sexes visit flowers. They often rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(4):366-410, pl.N-Q.

Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J.,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.


1999.07.31 - 2023.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.