Miletus gaesa gaesa  (Nicéville, 1895)

Miletus gaesa gaesa ♂ Up. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♂ Un. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♀ Up. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by THNHM) ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Miletus gaesa gaesa ♂ Up. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♂ Un. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♀ Up. Miletus gaesa gaesa ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Pattani, Thailand.

ON : Gerydus gaesa Nicéville, 1895
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(1):26-27, pl.S, fig.16,♂.
TL : Battak Mountains, N.E.Sumatra. (NZC)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Trang and Southward), Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra.
Miletus gaesa gaesa map

Type Materials Information

Types 1♂ 1♀, Battak Mountains, N.E.Sumatra. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 131, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Miletus gaesa gaesa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 538, pl.243, figs.L25,♀,♀(Un). ("Doi Pha Hom Pok" [recte Pattani: Khok Pho dist.])
Miletus gaesa gaesa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 552, pl.249, figs.L49,♀,♀(Un). ("Doi Pha Hom Pok" [recte Pattani: Khok Pho dist.])
Miletus gaesa gaesa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 35, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by THNHM).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The record of Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai in Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 is incorrect. Correctly, the specimen was obtained in Pattani, P.Thailand.
A male specimen from Trang has similar markings to chinensis on the UpF, but the base of vein 4 is not swollen.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 250 - 450m). Both Miletus gaesa and Miletus chinensis are allopatric in Betong, Yala.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de.,1895 : On new and little-known Lepidoptera from the Indo-Malayan Region, (1).
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(1):13-40, pls.R,S,T.

Eliot, J.N.,1961 : An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. Raffles Mus. 26:154-177.


Miletus gaesa gaesa ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand.

2016.08.31 - 2021.09.30.

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