Logania distanti massalia

Logania distanti massalia Doherty, 1891


♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)		♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Logania massalia Doherty, 1891
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 60(1): 37, pl.1, fig.8.
TL : Margherita, Upper Assam. (NHML)

Distribution : S.India, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Synonym

Logania luca Nicéville, 1894; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (Part II), 63(1): 28–29, pl.2, fig.13,♀; TL: 'Perak, Malay Peninsula; Namoe Oekor, N.E.Sumatra'. (NZC)

Type Material Information

massalia ; Holotype ♂ Assam, India. (NHML)
luca ; Type, 1♀, Oct.1893. Sumatra. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 124, figs.♀,♀(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Logania massalia massalia: Godfrey,1930 : 313. (Songkhla: Sadao)
Logania massalia massalia: Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Logania massalia massalia: Pinratana,1981 : 33, pl.5, figs.16,♀,20,♂(Un) ; pl.36, figs.14,♂,18,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Logania distanti massalia: Eliot,1986 : 71. (P)
Logania distanti massalia: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 550, pl.249, figs.L49,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chanthaburi)
Logania distanti massalia: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 564, pl.255, figs.L73,♂,♂,♂[♀],♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chanthaburi)
Logania watsoniana: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.255, figs.L74,♂,♂(Un). (partim).
Logania distanti massalia: Kimura et al.,2014 : 43, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Than To WF.)
Logania distanti massalia: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Lampang, Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2026.05.29)

[ LAOS ]
Logania massalia massalia:Motono & Negishi,1989 : 68, pl.98, figs.B8,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Logania massalia massalia: Osada et al.,1999 : 214, not fig. (list only)
Logania distanti massalia: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51, pl.14, figs.Ly-16,♂,♂(Un). (Phou Bia)
Logania distanti massalia: Onodera,2022 : 72, pl.204, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Mangkone)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chaiyaphum : 1♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nakhon Nayok : 5♀ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chanthaburi : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by C.Sunthornwiphat).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 3♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (250–1,000 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at forest edges or inside the forest and fly in circles for long hours in their territory.

Literature

Doherty, W, 1891. New and rare Indian Lycaenidae.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 60(1): 32–37, pl.1.

Nicéville, L. de, 1894. On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal (Part II), 63(1): 1–59, pls. 1–5.

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.


♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat)	♀ with egg, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♀ with Miletus chinensis, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

1999.07.24 - 2026.05.31.