Halpe ormenes vilasina

Halpe ormenes vilasina Fruhstorfer,1911


♂, 2017.03.24. Yala, Thailand.		♀, 2017.03.23. Yala, Thailand. (photo by E.Ikari)

♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Halpe zema vilasina Fruhstorfer,1911
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):45.
TL : W. Sumatra. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand (Yala),
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
"Halpe ormenes vilasina ; Pinratana,1985 : 54, pl.18, fig.99,♂. (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Nayok)"
"Halpe ormenes vilasina ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 56. (by literature)"
Halpe ormenes vilasina ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 40, fig.129,♂,♂(Un),130,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 2♂ 1♀ ; Betong dist.
1♂, 2017.01.12. Y.Inayoshi (YI) ; 1♂, 2017.03.24. Y.Inayoshi (YI) ; 1♀, 2017.03.23. E.Ikari (YI)

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Notes

This is the first reliable record from Thailand.
The butterfly is not rare in montane forest at moderate elevations (Alt.600m - 700m) and it is frequentlly found on the hilltops.
Pinratana,1985 listed a record of the species in Nakhon Nayok and Chiang Mai, however I consider these records most likely to be that of H.zola. Furthermore, the record of Halpe zema ormenes in Mae Hoi by Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 is certainly that of H.zema zema by the figure of male genitalia.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):9-79, pl.1.

1999.09.04 - 2022.01.31.