Logania malayica malayica Distant, 1884

Logania malayica malayica ♂ Up. Logania malayica malayica ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Logania malayica Distant, 1884
OD : Rhop. malayana: 208, pl.22, fig.21,♀.
TL : Sungei Ujong, Malay Peninsula.
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Trang), W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.
Logania malayica malayica map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Logania malayica malayica: Pinratana,1981 : 32, pl.5, fig.12,♂. (Trang; Yala)
Logania malayica malayica: Eliot,1986 : 60. (P)
Logania malayica malayica: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 550, pl.249, figs.L46,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Yala)
Logania malayica malayica: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 564, pl.255, figs.L70,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Yala)
Logania malayica malayica: Kimura et al.,2014 : 42, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong)
Logania malayica malayica: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.09.28)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 8♂ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in primary forests at low to moderate elevations (400–650 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial in small sunny spaces of dark forest and fly in circles for long hours in their territory.


Literature

Distant, W.L, 1884. Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Author, care of West, Newman & Co., London, Part VII: 193–248.

Eliot, J.N, 1986. A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 53(1): 1–105, 108 figs.


Logania malayica malayica ♂ Logania malayica malayica ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Logania malayica malayica ♂ Logania malayica malayica ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1999.07.24 - 2021.09.30.

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