Flos anniella anniella

Flos anniella anniella (Hewitson, 1862)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

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

ON : Amblypodia anniella Hewitson,1862
OD : Spec. Cat. Lyc. Brit. Mus. : 10, pl.8, figs.83,♂(Un), 84,♂.
TL : Singapore. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala: Betong Dist.), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Natuna, Luzon, Mindanao.

	● ssp.yunnanensis
	● ssp.artegal
	● ssp.anniella

Synonyms

Arhopala triangularis Bethune-Baker, 1903 : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1):114-115. (Published in synonymy)
Arhopala anniella husaina Fruhstorfer, 1914 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(2):130. TL. Nort-Ost-Sumatra. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Flos anniella anniella ; Evans,1957 : 131. (P)'
'Flos anniella anniella ; Pinratana,1981 : 104, pl.18, fig.7(Un). (Yala) (in part)'
'Flos anniella anniella ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 650, pl.296, figs.L288b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)'
'Flos anniella anniella ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 686, pl.313, figs.L312b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)'
'Flos anniella anniella ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 85, figs.♂(Than To WF.),♂(Un,Than To WF.). (Than To WF.) (in part)'
Flos anniella anniella ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Yala: Betong) (accessed: 2022.06.16)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala (Betong Dist.) : 2♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 900m). Males are territorial on trees or shrubs at hilltops.
The population from Betong, Yala is considered to be this taxon. I tentatively treat the records from Than To, Yala as this taxon, but I have not been able to examine the females. These could be ssp.artegal. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1862 : Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum.
British Museum, London. 4to:[iv]+15pp, 8 pls.

Bethune-Baker, G.T.,1903 : A Revision of the Amblypodia Group of Butterflies of the Family Lycaenidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 17(1):3-164, 5 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : Neue Arhopala Rassen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 28(2):121-137. (30.Jun.1914)


♀, Yala, Thailand.

2009.08.10 - 2023.04.30.