♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Tak Thailand.

ON : Pterygospidea trichoneura C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12): 402. TL : paeninsula Malayica. (NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sumatra. ● ssp.pralaya ● transition zone of trichoneura and pralaya ● ssp.trichoneura

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Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Evans,1949 : 154. (Siam)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Pinratana,1985 : 40, pl.14, figs.67b♂,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 762, pl.350, figs.H82b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 44, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kampuan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 814, pl.375, figs.H80b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 82, figs.Abb.H-089-090. (Phang Nga)
Mooreana trichoneura trichoneura ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Phetchaburi; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2024.06.17)

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Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.) : 2♂.

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Tak : 1♂.

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Kanchanaburi : 1♀.

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Phetchaburi : 2♀ (photo by T.Aoyama).

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Ranong : 2♀.

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Nakhon Sri Thammarat : 2♂ 1♀.

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Trang : 1♂.

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Yala : 4♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m) and frequently rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread. Both sexes visit flowers and males come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
A specimen from Tak, W. Thailand appears to be intermediate between the nominotypical subspecies and ssp.pralaya. It is possible that the area from Kanchanaburi to Omkoi, Chiang Mai is a transitional zone between the two taxa.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12): 394-402.

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.

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