Poritia promula elegans Fruhstorfer, 1919

Poritia promula elegans ♂ Up. Poritia promula elegans ♂ Un. Poritia promula elegans ♀ Up. Poritia promula elegans ♀ Un.
♂, 2014.07.28. Yala, Thailand. ♀, 2015.06.22. Yala, Thailand.
Poritia promula elegans ♂ Up. Poritia promula elegans ♂ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Poritia elegans Fruhstorfer, 1919
OD : Arch. Naturgesch. (A)83(2): 87–88.
TL : 'Nordwest-Sumatra; Malayische Halbinsel; Singapore' [N.W.Sumatra].
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Nakhon Si Thammarat), W.Malaysia, Sumatra.
Poritia promula elegans map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia promula elegans: Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 33, figs.49,♂,♂(Un),50,♀. (Yala; Nakhon Si Thammarat)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Chir and A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : Betong dist. 1♂, 2014.07.28. P.Sukkit (YI) ; 1♀, 2015.06.22. Y.Inayoshi (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (700–900 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on trees.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H, 1919. Revision der Gattung Poritia auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A), 83(2): 77–101, 1 pl. (Mar.1919)

Corbet, A.S, 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Proceedings of the royal entomological Society of London, 90(11): 337–350, pl.1.


Poritia promula elegans ♂ Poritia promula elegans ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by S.Chir) ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Poritia promula elegans ♂ Poritia promula elegans ♂
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (territorial behaviour), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2016.07.31 - 2024.08.31.

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