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

Lectotype ♂, Palawan. designated by Takanami,1986 (MfN) ; Takanami,1989 : 23, figs.A3a♂, 3b♂(Un).

[ 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)

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

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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.

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

Takanami, Y.,1989 : On Some Type Specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia (Lepidoptera).
Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80.

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

2009.01.10 - 2024.11.30.