Tagiades gana meetana
Moore, 1879
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. |
♀, Trat, Thailand. |
ON :
Tagiades meetana Moore, 1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):842, pl.53, fig.1.
TL : Meetan, Tenasserim. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
S.Vietnam.
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● ssp.meetana |
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● ssp.sangarava |
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Synonym
Tagiades patimoka Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:70-71. TL. Siam. (♂, NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Tagiades meetana ; Godfrey,1916 : 143. (Chonburi: Siracha: Dong Rek hills)
Tagiades japetus patimoka ; Seitz,1927 : 1039. (Siam ?)
Tagiades gana gana ; Godfrey,1930 : 360. (Pak Jong)
Tagiades japetus meetana ; Godfrey,1930 : 361. (Muak Lek; Chonburi: Sriracha)
'Tagiades gana athos ; Evans,1949 : 141. (Siam)'
Tagiades gana meetana ; Evans,1949 : 142. (Siam)
Tagiades gana gana ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 29, pl.1, fig.5,♀. (Mae Rawang)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Kawazoé,1964 : 124, pl.1, figs.1,♀,2,♀(Un). (N: Doi Suthep)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Pinratana,1985 : 41, pl.15, figs.69a♂, ♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Ratchaburi)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 11, fig.10,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 43. (Ubon Ratchathani: Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 62, fig.9,♀. (Umphang: Tha Sai; Umphang)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 44, fig.9,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 764, pl.351, figs.H84a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 45, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Ban Salok; Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo; Kao Yai; Nakhon Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Chamaoh; Erawan WF; Sai York Noi; Kuwai Yai)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 816, pl.376, figs.H82a♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀. (Chiang Mai)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Tagiades gana meetana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Loei, Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.23)
[ LAOS ]
Tagiades gana gana ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 79, pl.111, figs.B5,♂,B6,♂(Un),B7,♀,B8,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng; Luang Prabang; Nam Ngum Dam; Pakse; Tha Ngone)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, figs.♂,♀. (Vientiane; Attapu)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua; Thakhek)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Tagiades gana meetana ; Onodera,2022 : 108, pl.243, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Vientiane: Vang Vieng)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Tagiades gana ; Onodera,2007 : 29, fig.106,♂. (Siem Reap: Angkor)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Kosterin,2019 : 99, fig.56. (Preah Sihanouk)
Tagiades gana ssp. ; Kosterin,2019 : 99, fig.57. (Kep)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Kosterin,2019b : 33. (Mondulkiri)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125. (Kep; Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap)
[ VIETNAM ]
Tagiades gana gana ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965b : 87-89, figs.37,♂,38,♂(Un),39,♀,40,♀(Un). (Trang Bom; Din Quan)
Tagiades gana gana ; Maruyama,1991 : 18. (S.Vietnam)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 123. (S: Ma Da; Cat Tien; U Minh Thuong)
Tagiades gana ; Vu,2003 : 58. (Phu Quoc)
Tagiades gana sangarava ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 7, figs.H-38,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Tagiades gana sangarava ; Nihira,2009 : 101. (Phu Quoc)
Tagiades gana meetana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 74. (S)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 5♂ 3♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Chiang Mai : 7♂ 9♀ (incl. photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Lampang : 1♂ (photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phrae : 2♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nan : 1♂ 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Tak : 1♂ 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Trat : 3♂ 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 2♂ (incl. photo by H.Onodera).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Notes
The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 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.
Literature
Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim,
with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.
Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(3-5):58-104.
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| ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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| ♂, Trat, Thailand. |
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