Halpe pelethronix pelethronix  Fruhstorfer, 1910

Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ♂ Up. Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ♂ Un. Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ♂ Up. Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Halpe pelethronix Fruhstorfer, 1910
OD : Soc. ent. 24(20):155.
TL : Java. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand, S.Vietnam, W.Malaysia,
Borneo, Sumatra, Java.
● ssp.pagaia
ssp.pelethronix
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix map

Synonym

Halpe pelethronix limbanga Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) :395. TL. Borneo. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Pinratana,1985 : 56, pl.19, figs.110,♂,♂(Un). (Trang) (in part)
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 780, pl.358, figs.H134,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un) (in part). (Trang)
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 58, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF.) (in part)
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 832, pl.384, figs.H131,♂,♂(Un). (Trang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe pelethronix pelethronix ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 10, fig.H-56,♂. (Lam Dong: Gung Re; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Halpe pelethronix pagaia ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 124. (S: Cat Tien)
Halpe pelethronix pagaia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (S: to Dong Nai) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 300 - 450m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The taxonomy and distribution of this species are still uncertain. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Eine neue Hesperide aus Java.
Soc. ent. 24(20):155.

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


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