Abestia avesta

Avestia avesta (Hewitson, [1868])


♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia avesta Hewitson, [1868]
OD : Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2):30.
TL : Sumatra. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Myanmar (Ataran), W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.

Synonym

Pamphila tamiata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):233. (Published in synonymy)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lotongus avesta ; Pinratana,1985 : 84, pl.28, fig.181,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Lotongus avesta ; Kimura,1997 ; 42, pl.4, figs.65,♀,66,♀(Un). (Ranong: Khlong Naka)
Lotongus avesta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 804, pl.369, figs.H211,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Pota)
Lotongus avesta ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Lotongus avesta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 864, pl.398, figs.H209,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Pota)
Lotongus avesta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 111, fig.Abb.H-203. (Phang Nga)
Avestia avesta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2024.06.18)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.

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

Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 350m).

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1867-[1868] : Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae.
London, Author, 8vo 1:ii + 25pp, 2:26-56.

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

Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J. & Grishin, N.V.,2019 : Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0731:1-56.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1999.09.11 - 2024.06.30.