Lebadea martha malayana
Fruhstorfer, 1902
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♂, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand. |
♀, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
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♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. |
♀, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
ON :
Lebadea martha malayana Fruhstorfer, 1902
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2):338.
TL : "Perak" [Perak, W.Malaysia].
Distribution : P. Thaialnd (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia.
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● ssp.malayana |
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● ssp.rufulus |
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Synonym
Lebadea martha koenigi Corbet, 1941 : Entomologist 74(6):134. TL. Padang Terap, Kedah, Malay Peninsula.
Type Material Information
koenigi ; ♂, ♀, 3.Aug.1930. Padang Terap, Kedah, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Lebadea alankara malayana ; Pendlebury,1923 : 40. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Lebadea alankara malayana ; Godfrey,1930 : 287-288. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Lebadea alankara malayana ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (Surat Thani: Khao Poata)
Lebadea martha koenigi ; Pinratana,1979 : 64, figs.N113b♂,♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Lebadea martha malayana ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 67, pl.42, fig.120b♂. (Ranong; Yala)
Lebadea martha malayana ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Lebadea martha malayana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 416, pl.182, figs.N125b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Lebadea martha malayana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 426, pl.186, figs.N291b♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Lebadea martha malayana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 95-96, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Nam Tok Tonesai; Ka Chong; Satun; Than To WF.)
Lebadea martha malayana ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 59, figs.Abb.N-078-081,331-334. (Phang Nga)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 6♂ 1♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nakhon Sri Thammarat : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Pattani : 1♂ 2♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Yala : 1♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
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Narathiwat : 2♂ 3♀.
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Notes
The butterfly is common in montane and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 20 - 700m).
Males are territorial on shrubs.
Corbet (1941) mentioned the type locality of martha is considered to be "Salang" [Phuket], P. Thailand.
Judging from the photo of the type specimen in Corbet & Pendlebury (1956), I agree with Corbet.
However, if this is the case, a taxonomic issue arises.
The population in peninsular Thailand south of Ranong, including Phuket, is considered to be the same population as W. Malaysia.
Thus, ssp.malayana would be a synonym of ssp.martha, and ssp.attenuata is likely to be a continental subspecies.
However, I do not have enough specimens from Phuket for comparison, I tentatively follow the traditional classification.
Comparison with a large number of specimens is needed in future.
Literature
Fruhstorfer, H.,1902 : Neue Indo-Australische Lepidopteren.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2):334-350. (1.Mar.1902)
Corbet, A.S.,1941 : Further revisional Notes on Malayan Rhopalocera.
Entomologist 74(6):133-135.
Cobert, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M.,1956
The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula: Second Edition Revised.
537 pp, 55 (partly col.)pls. London.
Cobert, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M.,1978 (Revised by Eliot, J.N.)
The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 3rd Edition.
577 pp, 438 figs, 35 pl. (29 in col.) Malayan Nature Society.
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♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. |
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. |
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