Poritia plateni Staudinger, 1889


ON : Poritia plateni Staudinger, 1889
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):104-105, pl.1, fig.8,♂.
TL : Palawan.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala ; Narathiwat),
Borneo, Sumatra, Biliton, Banka, Palawan.
Poritia plateni map


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Poritia plateni ; Pinratana,1981 : 21, 156, pl.2, fig.11,♀. (Narathiwat)
Poritia plateni ; Kimura,1998 : 33, 39. (Narathiwat)
Poritia plateni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 528, pl.238, fig.L9,♀. (Narathiwat)
Poritia plateni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 538, pl.242, figs.L33,♀,♀(Borneo),♀(Borneo,Un). (Narathiwat)
Poritia plateni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 30. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

Only one record of the species was known from Thailand (1♀, Jul.1974, Narathiwat. A.Samruadkit). It was rediscovered in 2022 by Antonio Giudici from Yala province.
The butterfly seems to be quite localized, occurring in montane forests at low elevations. It is very curious that this species is not found in the Malay Peninsula. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.


Poritia plateni ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2009.01.10 - 2023.05.31.

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