Prosotas aluta nanda  (Nicéville, 1895)

Prosotas aluta nanda ♂ Up. Prosotas aluta nanda ♂ Un. Prosotas aluta nanda ♂ Up. Prosotas aluta nanda ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Nacaduba nanda Nicéville, 1895
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(1):34-35, pl.S, fig.23,♂.
TL : N.E.Sumatra. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia, Tioman,
Singapore, Sumatra.
● ssp.coelestis
ssp.nanda
Prosotas aluta nanda map

Type Material Information

Type ♂, N.E.Sumatra. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 150, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Prosotas aluta nanda ; Pinratana,1981 : 64. not fig. (list only)'
'Prosotas aluta nanda ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 583, pl.264, fig.L140b,♂(Un,Malaysia).'
Prosotas aluta nanda ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 608, pl.275, figs.L165b,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Prosotas aluta nanda ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 161, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)
Prosotas aluta nanda ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.07)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici and S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevation (Alt. 250 - 450m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


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.

Tite, G.E.,1963 : A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13(4):69-116, 91 tf, 2 pls. London.


Prosotas aluta nanda ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.11 - 2023.06.30.

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