Halpe handa  Evans, 1949

Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un. Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un. Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un. Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Lampang, Thailand.
Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un. Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.
Halpe handa ♂ Up. Halpe handa ♂ Un. Halpe handa ♂ genitalia Halpe handa ♂ genitalia
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Halpe homolea handa Evans, 1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Birt. Mus. : 262.
TL : Karen Hills. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Halpe handa map

Type Material Information

Type ♂, 01.Nov.1920. Thandaung, Karen Hills, W.H.Evans (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Halpe homolea ; Godfrey,1916 : 146. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)'
Halpe homolea homolea ; Godfrey,1930 : 380. (Chiang Rai; 'Chonburi: Sriracha')
Halpe homolea handa ; Kimura,1997 ; 38-39, pl.1, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Loei: Phukradung; Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok; Ranong: Khao Poh Ta)
Halpe ormenes vilasina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 776, pl.382, figs.H118,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Halpe homolea handa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 778, pl.357, figs.H127,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Halpe homolea handa ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 57, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep; Khun Lao Villege; Phu Kradung; Kao Poh Ta)
Halpe handa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 830, pl.383, figs.H124,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)

[ LAOS ]
Halpe handa ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Phong Saly)
Halpe handa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe handa ; Onodera,2022 : 112, pl.249, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe homolea handa ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 147-148. (Kon Plong)
Halpe handa ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 10, fig.H-57,♂. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Halpe handa ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-57,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Halpe handa ; Devyatkin,2012 : 153. (N: Vinh Phuc / C: Ha Tinh; Thua Thien Hue; Quang Nam; Lam Dong)
Halpe handa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (N: Vinh Phuc / C: to Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 5♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 15♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 550 - 1600m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Godfrey,1916,1930 recorded this taxon from Chonburi, but it is rather doubtful. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

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.


Halpe handa ♂ Halpe handa ♂
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe handa ♂ Halpe handa ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Lampang, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.

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