Zographetus rama (Mabille, 1876)

Zographetus rama ♂ Up. Zographetus rama ♂ Un. Zographetus rama ♀ Up. Zographetus rama ♀ Un.
♂, Dak Nong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Dak Nong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Zographetus rama ♂ Up. Zographetus rama ♂ Un. Zographetus rama ♀ Up. Zographetus rama ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Zographetus rama ♂ Up. Zographetus rama ♂ Un. Zographetus rama ♂ genitalia Zographetus rama ♂ genitalia
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Pamphila rama Mabille, 1876
OD : Bull. Séanc. Soc. ent. Fr. 1876(22):226.
TL : 'Himalaya' [probably from Myanmar] (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra,
Philippines, Sulawesi.
Zographetus rama map

Synonyms

Gehenna graeae Nicéville, 1895 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(4):399, pl.Q, fig.59,♂. TL. Namoe Oekor, N.E.Sumatra. (NZC)
Gehenna angulifera Elwes & Edwards, 1897 : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):244-245, pl.19, fig.20,♂. TL. Mindoro.


Type Material Information

graeae  ; Type ♂, 23.Jan.1893. Naraoc Ockor [Namoe Oekor], N.E.Sumatra. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 65, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Suastus rama rama ; Godfrey,1930 : 369. (Pak Jong; Muak Lek; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Suastus rama rama ; Godfrey,1932a : 275. (Songkhla: Wang Sai)
Zographetus rama ; Pinratana,1985 : 71, pl.24, figs.147,♀,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Ranong)
Zographetus rama ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 250, fig.23,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Naudom)
Zographetus rama ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 13. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Zographetus rama ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, fig.H173,♂. (Khlong Naka)
Zographetus rama ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 72, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka)
Zographetus rama ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 848, pl.392, figs.H170,♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum)

[ LAOS ]
Zographetus rama ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, pl.2, figs.16,♀,♀(Un). (Attapu)
Zographetus rama ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.140, figs.♂(Un),♀. (Pakxe; Attapu)
Zographetus rama ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.

[ VIETNAM ]
Zographetus rama ; Devyatkin,2012 : 153. (S: Ba Ria)
Zographetus rama ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 80. (S: Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Chau NP)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Nong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Mabille, P.,1876 : [Diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'hespérides].
Bull. Séanc. Soc. ent. Fr. 1876(22):225-229.

Mabille, P.,1877 : [Diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Hespérides].
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5)6(4):cxcvii-ccii.

Nicéville, L. de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(4):366-410, pl.N-Q.

Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J.,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.

Evans, W.H.,1926 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9-11)
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(1):49-83, pl.30, (2):427-446, pl.31, (3):615-637, pl 32.

Xue, G., Li, M., Li, X., Xie, G., Chen, K. & Li, J.,2019 : A new species of the genus Zographetus Watson,1893 from China (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Zootaxa 4629(2):255-262.


Zographetus rama ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2023.08.31.

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