Matapa purpurascens  Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Matapa purpurascens ♂ Up. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Un. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Up. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Un.
♂, 1993.02.18. Nan, Thailand. ♂, 2014.09.--. Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897
OD : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):209, pl.20, fig.1,♂; pl.24, fig.48.
TL : Khasias ; E.Pegu. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar (Karens), N.Thailand,
N.Vietnam, Yunnan.
Matapa purpurascens map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Matapa purpurascens ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 41, figs.141,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Matapa purpurascens ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 41, figs.142,♂,♂(Un). (Lao Cai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : Pua dist., 1♂, 1993.02.18. P.Sukkit (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : Mt.Fangshipan, Sapa. 1♂, 2014.09.--. LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand and Vietnam.
The butterfly is rare in montane forests.


Literature

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

Jong, R.de,1983 ; Revision of the Orientali Genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic history
Zool. Meded. 57(21):243-270.

Fan, X.L., Chiba, H. & Wang, M.,2013 : The Genus Matapa (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from China with description of a New species.
Florida Entomologist 96(4):1257-1262.


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