Suastus everyx everyx

Suastus everyx everyx (Mabille, 1883)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Pterygospidea everyx Mabille, 1883
OD : C. R. Soc. ent. Belg. 27: lxxvii.
TL : "Ceylan [Sri Lanka] et Malacca, [W.Malaysia]" [Malacca, W.Malaysia].

Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra.

Synonym

Tagiades tripura Nicéville, 1891 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3): 392-393, pl.G, fig.39,♀. TL. "Perak" [Perak, W.Malaysia]. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Suastus everyx everyx ; Evans,1943 : 96. (Ranong)
Suastus everyx everyx ; Evans,1949 : 298. (Ranong)
Suastus everyx everyx ; Pinratana,1985 : 70, pl.23, figs.144,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Suastus everyx everyx ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 792, pl.363, figs.H170,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Suastus everyx everyx ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 71, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)
Suastus everyx everyx ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 846, pl.391, figs.H166,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Suastus everyx everyx ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.08.04)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m). Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth.

Literature

Mable, P.,1883 : Description d'hesperiens.
C. r. Soc. ent. belg. 27: li-lxxviii.

Nicéville, L. de,1891 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3): 341-398.

Evans, W.H.,1943 : A revision of the genus Suastus Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)12(7/8): 95-96.

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.

♂, Yala, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2025.01.31.