Iraota rochana pandara  Fruhstorfer, 1907

Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Un. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♀ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Un. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♀ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♀ Un.
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.
Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Un. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Up. Iraota rochana boswelliana ♂ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Iraota rochana pandara Fruhstorfer, 1907
OD : Ent. Zeit. 21(25):156.
TL : Hinlap, Siam.
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan.
● ssp.pandara
ssp.masashimaruyamai
ssp.boswelliana
Iraota rochana pandara map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Iraota timoleon pandara ; Godfrey,1930 : 327. (Bangkok; Me Lamoung)
Iraota rochana ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 79. (Chanthaburi: Khao Sabap)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Pinratana,1981 : 110, pl.19, fig.11,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Mae Hong Son; Nakhon Nayok)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 55, fig.32,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Pung)
Iraota rochana pandara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 658, pl.300, figs.L305b♂,♂(Un). (Omkoi; Mae Hong Son; Nakhon Nayok; Ubon Ratchathani)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 696, pl.318, figs.L329,♂(Omkoi),♂(Omkoi,Un). (Omkoi; Mae Hong Son; Nakhon Nayok; Ubon Ratchathani) (in part)
Iraota rochana pandara ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 92, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok)
Iraota rochana pandara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Ratchasima) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

[ LAOS ]
Iraota timoleon timoleon ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 74, pl.106, figs.A3,♀[♂].A4,♀[♂](Un). (Vang Vieng)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.121, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua; Thabok)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Iraota rochana ; Onodera,2009 : 36. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Iraota rochana pandara ; Onodera,2022 : 129, pl.267, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Mondolkiri: Bousura)
Iraota rochana pandara ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 64, fig.L-104,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, fig.L-104,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Iraota rochana boswelliana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 63. (N / C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

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

Chiang Mai : 11♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 5♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Kien Giang (Phu Quoc) : 1♀ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1200m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Neue indo-australische Lycaeniden.
Ent. Zeit. 21(25):156.


Iraota rochana pandara ♂ Iraota rochana pandara ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.
Iraota rochana pandara ♂ Iraota rochana pandara ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Iraota rochana pandara ♂ Iraota rochana pandara ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Iraota rochana pandara ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2019.08.31 - 2024.06.30.

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