Tanaecia clathrata violaria Butler, 1869

Tanaecia clathrata violaria ♂ Up. Tanaecia clathrata violaria ♂ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Tanaecia violaria Butler, 1869
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3): 612, pl.45, fig.8,♀.
TL : Singapore. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Trang), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.
Tanaecia clathrata violaria map

Synonyms

Tanaëcia [sic] nicevillei Distant, 1884; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14: 199–200; TL: "Perak" [Perak, W.Malaysia].
Euthalia ellida subclathrata Staudinger, 1896; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 9: 237–238; TL: "Tanjong Malim, Malacca" [Malacca, W.Malaysia]. (ZMHU)


Type Material Information

violaria : Syntype ♀, Type (red), Singapore. (NHML) : Yokochi,2016 :16, fig.30,♀.
subclathrata : Lectotype ♂, Malacca, W.Malaysia. (ZMHU) : Yokochi,2016 :16, fig.23,♂.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tanaecia clathrata violaria: Kimura,1994 : 19–20, figs.29♂,30♂(Un). (Trang: Khao Chong)
Tanaecia clathrata violaria: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 70, pl.43, fig.125,♂. (Trang)
'Tanaecia clathrata violaria: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 420, pl.184, fig.N130,♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♀[♂](Malaysia)'
'Tanaecia clathrata violaria: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 430, pl.188, figs.N296,♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♂(Malaysia)'
Tanaecia clathrata violaria: Kimura et al.,2016 : 97, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Ka Chong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Songkhla : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in lowland forests (50–250 m a.s.l.).


Literature

Butler, A.G, 1869. A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and species.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1868(3): 599–615, pl. 45.

Distant, W.L, 1884. Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. Part III.
Annals and Magazine of natural History, (5)14: 198–202.

Staudinger, O, 1896. Neue exotische tagfalter.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 9: 193–240, 5 pls.

Yokochi, T, 2016. A note on the genus Tanaecia Butler,1869 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini), distributed in South East Asia (Part 1).
Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History. Series A, Natural History, 14: 13–31.


Tanaecia clathrata violaria ♂
♂, Songkhla, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

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