Parnara ganga  Evans, 1937

Parnara ganga ♂ Up. Parnara ganga ♂ Un. Parnara ganga ♀ Up. Parnara ganga ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Parnara ganga ♂ Up. Parnara ganga ♂ Un. Parnara ganga ♀ Up. Parnara ganga ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Parnara ganga ♂ genitalia Parnara ganga ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Parnara ganga Evans, 1937
OD : Entomologist 70:83.
TL : Manipur. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : India, Assam, Manipur, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan,
China, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.
Parnara ganga map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Parnara ganga ; Pinratana,1985 : 106, pl.36, fig.242,♂. (Chiang Mai; Trang)
Parnara apostata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 834, pl.383, figs.H281,♂,♂(Un). (Trat)
Parnara ganga ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 5, figs.H282,♂. (Doi Chiang Dao)
Parnara apostata apostata ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 101, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Pliewn WF; Than To WF.)
Parnara apostata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 898, pl.415, figs.H278,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Parnara ganga ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 898, pl.415, figs.H279,♂,♂(Un),♀. ('Nakhon Pathom')
Parnara ganga ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Parnara ganga ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.117, figs.A7,♂,A8,♂(Un). (Nam Moh)
Parnara ganga ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, not fig. (list only)
Parnara ganga ; Onodera,2009b : 37. (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Parnara ganga ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Parnara ganga ; Onodera,2022 : 122, pl.259, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang: Plain of "Jara" [Jars]; Oudomxai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Parnara ganga ; Kosterin,2020 : 333, figs.60(Un),61(Un). (Siem Reap)
Parnara ganga ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Parnara ganga ; Evans,1949 : 434. (Tonkin)
Parnara ganga ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 177. (Hanoi; Ba Vi; Tam Dao; Ba Be; Bu Huong)
Parnara ganga ; Devyatkin,2000 : 203. (S: Ho Chi Minh)
Parnara ganga ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 66, figs.4:17,♂,18,♂(Un),5:38(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Parnara ganga ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15. (Cuc Phuong)
Parnara ganga ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-114,♂. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Parnara ganga ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in secondary and montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 150 - 1600m). Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Evans, W.H.,1937 : Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies.
Entomologist 70(1):16-19 (part.9), (2):38-40 (part.10), (3):64-66 (part.11), (4):81-83 (part.12).

Devyatkin, A.L.,2009 : Taxonomic studies on Orientali Hesperiidae, 3. - A key to the continental species of Parnara Moore, 1881, based on the ♀ genitalia (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 40(3/4):503-506.


Parnara ganga ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.07.31 - 2024.04.30.

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