Pyroneura derna  (Evans, 1941)

Pyroneura derna ♂ Up. Pyroneura derna ♂ Un. Pyroneura derna ♀ Up. Pyroneura derna ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Pyroneura derna ♂ Up. Pyroneura derna ♂ Un. Pyroneura derna ♂ genitalia Pyroneura derna ♂ genitalia
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Plastingia derna Evans, 1941
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11)8:67-68.
TL : Marang, Sumatra. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Chumphon and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Tioman, {Singapore}, Borneo, Lingga,
Simeulue, Siberut, Sumatra, Palawan.
Pyroneura derna map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pyroneura derna ; Pinratana,1985 : 82, pl.27, figs.174,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). ('Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi;' Chumphon; Ranong)
Pyroneura derna ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 802, pl.368, figs.H204,♂,♂(Un). ('Chanthaburi;' Than To)
Pyroneura derna ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, fig.H204,♂. (Khlong Naka)
Pyroneura flavia fruhstorferi ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 80, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka)
Pyroneura perakana perakana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 81, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Than To WF.)
Pyroneura derna ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m). Both sexes visit flowers.
The records from Nakhon Nayok and Chanthaburi are probably misidentifications of Pyroneura callineura natalia. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Evans, W.H.,1941 : The callineura Group of the Genus Plastingia Butler (Lep. : Hesp.)
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11)8:66-71.


Pyroneura derna ♀ Pyroneura derna ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.

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