Tagiades calligana  Butler, 1879

Tagiades calligana ♂ Up. Tagiades calligana ♂ Un. Tagiades calligana ♀ Up. Tagiades calligana ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Tagiades calligana ♂ Up. Tagiades calligana ♂ Un. Tagiades calligana ♀ Up. Tagiades calligana ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Tagiades calligana Butler, 1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2) Zool. 1(8):556, pl.69, fig.11,♂.
TL : Malacca. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia,
Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Nias, Belitung, Bangka.
Tagiades calligana map

Synonym

Tagiades yapatha Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:78. TL. Nias. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tagiades calligana ; Pinratana,1985 : 44, pl.16, fig.77,♂. (Ranong; Yala)
Tagiades calligana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 766, pl.352, figs.H90,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Ranong)
Tagiades calligana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 47, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)
Tagiades calligana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 818, pl.377, figs.H88,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Ranong)
Tagiades calligana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Krabi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.08)
Tagiades calligana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 81-82, figs.Abb.H-087-088. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 4♀.
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 fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond., (2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

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


1999.07.31 - 2023.06.30.

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