Halpe flava Evans, 1926
Halpe flava ♂ Up. Halpe flava ♂ Un. Halpe flava ♀ Up. Halpe flava ♀ Un.
♂, Phrae, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Halpe flava ♂ Up. Halpe flava ♂ Un. Halpe flava ♂ Up. Halpe flava ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe flava ♂ Up. Halpe flava ♂ Un. Halpe flava ♂ genitalia Halpe flava ♂ genitalia
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Halpe flava Evans, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):622.
TL : 'Tavoy [Dawei, Myanmar] to S.Burma [S.Myanmar]' [Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Borneo. 		Halpe flava map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe flava ; Evans,1949 : 265. (W)
Halpe flava ; Pinratana,1985 : 55, pl.19, fig.105,♂. (Petchabun; Yala)
Halpe kusala ; Kimura,1997 ; 41, pl.3, figs.47,♂,48,♂(Un). (Mae Hong Son)
Halpe flava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 778, pl.357, figs.H130,♂,♂(Un), (in part). (Yala)
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.358, fig.H134,♀ (Un), (in part).
Halpe flava ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 57, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Nakohn Nayok; Than To WF.)
Halpe flava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 831, pl.383, fig.H127,♂(Un). (Yala)
Halpe flava ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Ratchaburi) (accessed: 2023.07.15)
Halpe flava ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 87, figs.Abb.H-105-106. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Halpe flava ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 81, pl.113, figs.B3,♂,B4,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Halpe flava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Thabok)
Halpe flava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe flava ; Onodera,2022 : 111, pl.248, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe flava ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 124. (S: Cat Tien)
Halpe flava ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 10, fig.H-55,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Halpe flava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (C: Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 10♂ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂. (1♂ genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ (genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 700m). Males are territorial on undergrowth and occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1926 : The Identification of Indian butterflies. Part.XI.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):615-637, pl.32.

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 flava ♂ Halpe flava ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Halpe flava ♂ Halpe flava ♂
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
1999.09.04 - 2025.01.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.