Zizula hylax hylax  (Fabricius, 1775)

Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Up. Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Un. Zizula hylax hylax ♀ Up. Zizula hylax hylax ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Up. Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Un. Zizula hylax hylax ♀ Up. Zizula hylax hylax ♀ Un.
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. ♀, Bangkok, Thailand.

ON : Papilio hylax Fabricius, 1775
OD : Syst. Ent. : 526.
TL : India orientali, Koenig.
Distribution : Sri Lanka, S.India to Myanmar,
Andamans, Nicobars, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, S.China, Taiwan.
● ssp.hylax
ssp.pygmaea
Zizula hylax hylax map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1916 : 135.
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1930 : 319. (Thailand)
Zizula hylax ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 87-88, pl.17, figs.131,♂,132,♂(Un),133,♀(Un),134,♀,Textfig.45,♂genitalia. (Doi Chieng Dao; Chieng Mai; Mae Hoi)
Zizula hylax ; Kawazoé,1964 : 153. (C: Tom Buri)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Pinratana,1981 : 51, pl.7, figs.35,♀[♂],36,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Khon Kaen; Bangkok)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 34, fig.97,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 66, fig.73,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai; Umphang)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568,570, pl.257, figs.L102a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 589, pl.266, figs.L127a♂,♂(Un),♀(Un). (Bangkok; Nakhon Nayok)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 182, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Chiang Dao; Maethro; Khun Lao Village; Bang Pain; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Bang Phra; Bang Sarrey; Bangkok; Sai Yok Noi; Kanchanaburi; Nakohn Phatom; Kaeng Krachan; Chum Phoong)
Zizula hylax hylax ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Sa Kaeo; Bangkok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.19)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Zizula hylax hylax ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 70, pl.101, figs.A3,♂,A4,♀[♂](Un),A5,♀,A6,♀(Un). (Vientiane; Luang Prabang; Vang Vieng; PT)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.108, fig.♀(Un). (Nhahin)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Zizula hylax hylax ; Onodera,2022 : 74, pl.206, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Zizula hylax hylax ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Kosterin,2019 : 94. (Kep)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Battambang; Kep; Phnom Penh; Preah Sihanouk; Pursat; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Zizera gaika ; Godfrey,1919 : 469. (S: Daban)
Zizera gaika ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (S)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Luong et al.,2004 : 10. (Cuc Phuong)
Zizula hylax ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 38. (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 52, fig.L-22,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien; Ho Chi Minh)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, fig.L-22,♀. (Lam Dong: Madagui)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Nihira,2009 : 100. (Phu Quoc)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 51. (N / C / S)
Zizula hylax hylax ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Coto; Nui Ket)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 1♀ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bangkok : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is very common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1775 : Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae, Libraria Kortii 8vo :[i-xxx] + 832pp.


Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Zizula hylax hylax ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Zizula hylax hylax ♂ Zizula hylax hylax ♂+♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂+♀ (mating), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.07.04 - 2024.04.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.