♂ (wsf), Yala, Thailand.		♀ (wsf), Yala, Thailand.
♂ (dsf), Ranong, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Ranong, Thailand.
♂ (wsf), Ranong, Thailand.		♂ (wsf), Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia atticus Fabricius, 1793 OD : Ent. syst. 3(1):339. TL : 'India' [recte Pen.Siam or Malaya] (Copenhagen Mus.) Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Lingga, Sipora, Batoe Is. ● ssp.ravi ● ssp.atticus

Tagiades utanus Plötz, 1885 : Berl. ent. Z. 29:230. TL. Malacca. (♂)
Tagiades ravi yotissa Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:84. TL. Nias. (♂, NHML)

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Tagiades atticus ; Pendlebury,1923 : 47. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Tagiades atticus atticus ; Godfrey,1932a : 274. (Surat: Yang Yao)
Tagiades japetus meetana ; Godfrey,1932a : 275. (Ranong: Kapor)
Tagiades atticus atticus ; Evans,1949 : 135. (P)
Tagiades japetus ravi ; Kawazoé,1964 : 123-124. (Khao Chong)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Pinratana,1985 : 41, pl.15, figs.68b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Surat Thani; Phuket; Trang)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 762, pl.350, figs.H83b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Songkhla)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],['♀'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2019.06.01)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 45, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kaper WF; Ranong Hot Spring; Hot Samphang; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Yang Yao; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 814, pl.375, figs.H81b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Songkhla)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 78-79, figs.Abb.H-075-076. (Phang Nga)
Tagiades japetus atticus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.08)

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Ranong : 12♂ 6♀.

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Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂.

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Krabi : 2♂.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂.

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Trang : 3♂.

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Satun (incl. Koh Tarutao) : 3♀.

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Yala : 5♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 700m). Both sexes visit flowers. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.

Zhang et al (2022:25) divided japetus into seven species. However, the number of taxa examined, especially those from continental regions, is inadequate, and there are also few differences in markings and male genitalia. They treated the Indian species as Tagiades ravi, Tagiades atticus atticus as the population of Thailand, and the population from Malaysia as Tagiades atticus balana. However, the type locality of atticus is considered to be W.Malaysia or peninsular Thailand. Furthermore, the type locality of balana is Borneo and is generally considered to be a Bornean subspecies. Thus, their treatment is rather questionable. I have therefore tentatively followed the traditional classification. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Fabricius, J.C.,1793 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
3(1): [iv] + 488 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

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. & Grishin, N.V.,2022 : Taxonoic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0921: 1-135.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2024.06.30.