Tanaecia pelea pelea

Tanaecia pelea pelea (Fabricius, 1787)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Narathiwat, Thailand.

ON : Papilio pelea Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:53.
TL : 'India orientali' ['Malay Peninsula'].

Distribution : P. Thailand (Chumphon and Southward),
S. Myanmar, W. Malaysia, Singapore.

Synonyms

Adolias pulasara Moore, [1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1:190. TL. "Pinang" [Penang, W. Malaysia]. (NHML)
Tanaëcia [sic] supercilia Butler, 1869 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):610-611, pl.45, fig.7. TL. Penang, [W. Malaysia]. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

pulasara : ♀, Type (red), Rh10672, Penang. (NHML, photo examined) ; ♂, Type (red), Rh10671, Singapore. (NHML, photo examined)
supercilia : ♂, Type (red), Penang. (NHML, photo examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Tanaecia pelea ssp. ; Pendlebury,1923 : 40. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Euthalia pelea pelea ; Godfrey,1930 : 288-289. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Euthalia pelea pelea ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Pinratana,1979 : 67, figs.N116,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 69, pl.43, figs.122,♂,♀,♀[♂](Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 418, pl.183, figs.N127,♀[♂],♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Taenacia pelea pelea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂[♀]. (Koh Samui) (in part) (accessed: 2021.08.04)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 428, pl.187, figs.N293,♂(right),♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Ranong; Yala) (accessed: 2024.05.13)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 97, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tenasserim; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 60-61, figs.Abb.N-341-348. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 7♂ 6♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Narathiwat : 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth.

The difference of palpi
Tanaecia munda waterstradti ♂ Tanaecia palguna consanguinea ♂ Tanaecia pelea pelea ♂
munda palguna pelea

Literature

Fabricius, J. C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Butler, A. G.,1869 : A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):599-615, pl.45.

Corbet, A. S.,1941 : Observations on Certain of the Fabrician Names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(6):98-106.


♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂, Yala, Thailand.

2007.01.31 - 2024.08.31.