Halpe toxopea  Evans, 1932

Halpe toxopea ♂ Up. Halpe toxopea ♂ Un. Halpe toxopea ♂ Up. Halpe toxopea ♂ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♂, Trang, Thailand.
Halpe toxopea ♂ Up. Halpe toxopea ♂ Un. Halpe toxopea ♂ genitalia Halpe toxopea ♂ genitalia
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Halpe auriferus toxopea Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 395.
TL : Java. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia,
Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Palawan. [? Laos.]
Halpe toxopea map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe auriferus toxopea ; Evans,1949 : 266. (P)
Halpe toxopea ; Pinratana,1985 : 56, pl.19, fig.108,♂. (Trang)
'Halpe toxopea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 780, pl.357, fig.H132,♂[♀,Malaysia].'
Halpe toxopea ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, fig.H132,♂. (Phuket: Ban Tung Tong)
Halpe toxopea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.02.11)
Halpe toxopea ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 58. (by literature)
Halpe toxopea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 832, pl.383, figs.H129,♂,♂(Un). (Trang; Phuket)

[ LAOS ]
'Halpe toxopea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223. (list only)'
'Halpe toxopea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58. (by literature)'


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 150m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

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


1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.