Pirdana hyela rudolphii
Elwes & Nicéville, 1887
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Trang, Thailand. |
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♂, Trat, Thailand. |
♀, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Phrae, Thailand. |
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♂ genitalia, Phrae, Thailand. |
ON :
Pirdana rudolphii Elwes & Nicéville, 1887
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(5):438-439, pl.20, fig.6,♂.
TL : "Tavoy" [Dawei, Myanmar].
Distribution : Myanmar (Kayah State to Myeik Dist.), Thailand (except Nan), Cambodia, C. to S. Vietnam, W. Malaysia. {Singapore}.
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Type Material Information
Type 1♂, Tavoy, Burma. (NZC) Sheela et al.,2019 : 49, figs.♂,♂(Un).
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Godfrey,1916 : 145. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Pirdana hyela ; Godfrey,1930 : 378. (Chiang Mai; Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Evans,1949 : 338. (Siam)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Pinratana,1985 : 94, pl.33, figs.206,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Ranong; Trang)
Pirdana hyela major ; Chiba & Tukiyama,1993 : 22, pl.1, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),2a♂,2b♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Ranong)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 820, pl.377, figs.H241,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.02.23)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 90, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khun Lao Villege; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 880, pl.407, figs.H238,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un),♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Kanchanaburi; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Chanthaburi; Trat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 119, fig.Abb.H-224. (Phang Nga)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Kosterin,2019 : 102, fig.76,♂(Un). (Kampot)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Kosterin,2020 : 333. (Siem Reap)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Koh Kong; Kampot; Siem Reap)
[ VIETNAM ]
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1970 ; 10-11, figs.151,♀,152,♀(Un),textfig.48(♂genitalia). (Trang Bom; Banmethuot)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 14, figs.H-95,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. ('N' / C / S)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phrae : 2♂.
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Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Chanthaburi : 3♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Trat (Koh Chang dist.) : 2♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phetchaburi : 2♂ (photo by K.Yano & M.Hayashi).
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Ranong : 8♂ 4♀.
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Phang Nga : 1♂.
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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
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Trang : 1♀.
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Satun : 1♂.
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Yala : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
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Narathiwat : 1♂.
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[ VIETNAMD ]
Lam Dong : 1♂ 1♀.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m).
Chiba & Tukiyama (1993:22) treated the population from Chiang Mi, N. Thailand as ssp.major.
They also considered the specimens from Ranong, peninsular Thailand to be ssp.major and the transitional form to ssp.rudolphii.
However, the specimens in Thailand are very variable, but size and male genitalia are the same as rudolphii.
I therefore treat all populations from Thailand except Nan as ssp.rudolphii.
On the other hand, populations from Nan, Laos and north to central Vietnam are much larger than ssp.rudolphii and have a slightly different valva of the male genitalia.
I tentatively treat them as ssp.major.
However, in central Vietnam, both subspecies appear to occur together and it is possible that they are separate species.
Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.
Literature
Elwes, H.J. & Nicéville, L. de,1887 :
List of the lepidopterous insects collected in Tavoy and in Siam during 1884-85 by the Indian Museum collector, under C.E.Pitman, Esq., C.I.E. Chief Superintendent of Telegraphs. Part II. Rhopalocera.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 55(5):413-442, pl.20.
Chiba, H. & Tsukiyama, H.,1993 : A review of the Genus Pirdana Distant (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Butterflies 6:19-25.
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| ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano) |
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) |
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| ♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. |
♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. |
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