Logania watsoniana Nicéville, 1898

Logania watsoniana ♂ Up. Logania watsoniana ♂ Un. Logania watsoniana ♀ Up. Logania watsoniana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Logania watsoniana ♂ Up. Logania watsoniana ♂ Un. Logania watsoniana ♀ Up. Logania watsoniana ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Logania watsoniana ♂ Up. Logania watsoniana ♂ Un. Logania watsoniana ♀ Up. Logania watsoniana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Logania watsoniana ♂ Up. Logania watsoniana ♂ Un. Logania watsoniana ♀ Up. Logania watsoniana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Trat, Thailand.

ON : Logania watsoniana Nicéville, 1898
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12(1): 143, pl.z, figs.17,♂, 18,♀.
TL : "Hsipaw, Northern Shan States, Upper Burma" [Hsipaw, N.Shan States, Myanmar]. (NZC)
Distribution : Manipur, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
Logania watsoniana map

Synonym

Logania subfasciata Tytler, 1915; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24(1): 120; TL: "Sebong, Manipur" [Sebong, Manipur, N.E.India]. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

watsoniana ; Syntypes 1♂, 1897. Hsipaw, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; 1♀, Dec.1896. Hsipaw, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 125, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).
subfasciata ; Holotype ♂, Manipur, India. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Logania watsoniana: Eliot,1986 : 74. (Thailand)
Logania marmorata marmorata: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.249, figs.L48a♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)
Logania marmorata damis: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.249, figs.L48b♀,♀(Un). ("Trang; Yala" [loc.err.])
Logania marmorata marmorata: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.255, figs.L72a♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)
Logania watsoniana: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.255, figs.L74,♀,♀(Un). (partim).
Logania watsoniana: Kimura et al.,2014 : 43, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Pliwn WF; Krachin WF.)
Logania watsoniana: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.04.28)

[ LAOS ]
Logania watsoniana: Osada et al.,1999 : 214, pl.107, fig.♀. (Nam Tha)
Logania watsoniana: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51, pl.13, figs.Ly-15,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houa Phan: Near B.Saleui; Champasak: Tad Yuang)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 9♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 6♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ 1♀ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (50–1,500 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on trees at forest edges and fly in circles for long hours in their territory from 10:30 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00.
The pale white markings on the upper surface exhibit considerable variation. While both seasonal and individual variation are observed, the latter is more pronounced.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de, 1898. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, Austro-Malayan, and Australian Region.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 12(1): 131–161, pl. X,Y,Z,AA.

Tytler, H.C, 1915. Notes on some new and interesting Butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 24(1): 119–155, pls. 3,4, 29 figs.

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 watsoniana ♂ Logania watsoniana ♀+♂
♂ (territorial behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀+♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
Logania watsoniana ♂+♀ Logania watsoniana ♂+♀
♂+♀ (mating), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Logania watsoniana ♂
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

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