Hyarotis adrastus praba  (Moore, 1866)

Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Up. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Un. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♀ Up. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Up. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Un. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Up. Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Trat, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura praba Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):790.
TL : N.E.Bengal. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : S.India, N.W.Himalaya to Myanmar,
Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Yunnan, Hainan, Hong Kong, Langkawi, W.Malaysia,
Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palawan,
Philippines.
Hyarotis adrastus praba map

Synonyms

Hesperia phaenicis Hewitson, 1869 : Ill. exot. Butts. 4(70):pl.[59], figs.36,37. TL. India. (♂)
Hyarotis adrastus meluchus Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:98. TL. Java. (♂, NHML)
Hyarotis adrastus palawensis Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:98. TL. Palawan.
Hyarotis adrastus mindanaensis Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:98. TL. Mindanao. (♂)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Hyarotis adrastatus [sic] ; Godfrey,1916 : 144. (Muak Lek; Bangkok; Prae: Me Song forest)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Godfrey,1930 : 374-375. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Rai; Muak Lek; Bangkok)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Evans,1949 : 303. (Siam)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 36-37, pl.2, figs.15,♀,16,♀(Un). (Bangkok)
Hyarotis adrastus prabha [sic] ; Pinratana,1985 : 73, pl.24, figs.152,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nonthaburi; Ratchaburi; Bangkok; Yala)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 250, fig.24,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Phung; Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 13. (Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Na Pho Krang)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 45. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Nam Tok Tad Ton)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 794, pl.364, figs.H178,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Chiang Mai; Trat; Krabi)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.Up,Un. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.02.11)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 73, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Phu Khiewo; Mouk Leck; Wang Keo; Nakohn Nayok; Kao Chamaoh; Kao Khiewo; Kam Puan; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 852, pl.393, figs.H175,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Trat; Krabi)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Samut Prakan; Chachoengsao; Chanthaburi; Trat) (accessed: 2023.08.04)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 105-106, figs.Abb.H-183-184. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1967 ; 8-9, fig.122,♀(Un). (Paksong)
Hyarotis adrastus ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 82. not fig. (Paksane)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 7, fig.53,♀,♀(Un). (Vientiane)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.140, fig.♀. (Vientiane)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Onodera,2022 : 117, pl.254, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Kosterin,2019 : 99, figs.66,♀,67(Un). (Preah Sihanouk)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Kosterin,2020 : 333. (Stueng Treng)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125. (Koh Kong; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Hyarotis adrastus ; Moulton,1923 : 134. (Pulo Condore)
Hyarotis adrastus ; Metaye,1957 : 78.
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1967 ; 8-9, fig.121,♂. (Trang Bom; Ben Nom)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 171. (Hanoi; Bach Ma)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 11, fig.H-81,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 80. (N / C / S)
Hyarotis adrastus praba ; Saito et al.,2017 : 76. (S: Nui Cam)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 8♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 7♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1000m). Males are territorial on shrubs at hilltops.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1852-1877 : Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
5 vols. John Van Voorst, London.

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(3-5):58-104.


Hyarotis adrastus praba ♂ Hyarotis adrastus praba ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2024.06.30.

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