Potanthus mara mara

Potanthus mara mara (Evans,1932)

ON : Padraona mara Evans,1932
OD : Ident. Ind. Butts. (2nd ed.):404.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Kumaon, Sikkim, Assam, Laos, Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
"Potanthus mara mara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 828, pl.380, fig.262,♂(Laos)."
"Potanthus mara mara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 96. (by literature)"
"Potanthus mara mara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 890, pl.411, fig.H259,♂(Laos)."

[ LAOS ]
Potanthus mara ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.33,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Namtha)
Potanthus mara ssp. ; Osada, Uemura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.142, fig.♂. (Nam Tha)
Potanthus mara mara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.

[ VIETNAM ]
Potanthus mara mara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 ; 174. (Tam Dao / Ba Be / Vu Quang)
Potanthus mara mara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 83. (N / C)

Notes

This genus has many species with very similar markings, and accurate identification requires examination of the genitalia. Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 recorded this species from Thailand. However, the figured specimen is from Laos. Hitherto, there is no reliable record from Thailand. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

2018.05.31.