Tagiades ultra Evans, 1932
Tagiades ultra ♂ Up. Tagiades ultra ♂ Un. Tagiades ultra ♀ Up. Tagiades ultra ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Tagiades ultra ♂ Up. Tagiades ultra ♂ Un. Tagiades ultra ♀ Up. Tagiades ultra ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Tagiades litigiosa ultra Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 335.
TL : 'Tavoy to S.Burma; ? Malaya; Sumatra; Nias' [Kawthaung Dist., Tanintharyi Region, Myanamr]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar (Dawei; Myeik), Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Palawan. (? Singapore.) 		Tagiades ultra map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tagiades litigiosa ultra ; Evans,1949 : 147. (P)
Tagiades ultra ; Pinratana,1985 : 43, pl.16, fig.74,♂. (Nakhon Ratchasima; Yala)
Tagiades ultra ultra ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 766, pl.352, figs.H89,♂,♂(Un). (Yala: Than To)
Tagiades ultra ultra ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 48, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Kradung; Phu Khiewo; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Tagiades ultra ultra ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 818, pl.377, figs.H87,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Tagiades ultra ultra ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 81, figs.Abb.H-085-086. (Phang Nga)
Tagiades ultra ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.10.04)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally 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. The upper surface of the female is similar to that of Tagliades waterstrudti, but the abdominal tufts are greyish brown whereas waterstrudti are white. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix+1-502, pls.1-35. London.

Tagiades ultra ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.
1999.07.31 - 2023.10.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.