Horaga syrinx moulmeina Moore, 1884

Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♀ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Up. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Un. Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ genitalia Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ genitalia
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Horaga moulmeina Moore, 1884
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4):525.
TL : Moulmein [Mawlamyine, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.

● ssp.moulmeia
ssp.maenala
Horaga syrinx moulmeina map

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂, Moulmein. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Horaga halba ; Godfrey,1930 : 346. (Ranong: Kao Pawta Luang Ke)'
Horaga moulmeina ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 83. (C: Paknampho)
'Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Cowan,1966 : 119. (Ranong, by Godfrey's list)'
'Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Pinratana,1981 : 125. not fig. (Ranong)'
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 678, pl.310, figs.L335,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (in part)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 716, pl.328, figs.L359,♀[♂](left),♀[♂](left,Un). ('Khao Pota' [recte Mae Hong Son]) (in part)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 102. (by literature)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2018- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kamphaeng Phet; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.07.04)

[ LAOS ]
Horaga onyx onyx ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : pl.124, figs.♂,♀(Un),♀. (Vientiane; Xam Neua) (in part)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Onodera,2022 : 92, pl.225, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Nahin; Houaphan: Xam Neua)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Horaga syrinx ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 64, figs.L-112,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 3♂ 4♀ (incl. photo & photo by M.Hayashi & S.Sophonviwatkul)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 700 - 1600m) and is sympatrically distributed with Horaga onyx onyxa. Males are territorial on trees at forest edges or hilltops. Time of male activity is different between the two species. In syrinx from about 11:00 to 14:00 while in onyx from about 14:00 to 16:00.
Cowan (1966) regarded the record from Ranong by Godfrey (1930) as this taxon. However, the possibility of ssp.maenala is also considered and needs to be confirmed by reliable specimens.


Literature

Moore, F.,1884 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4):521-535, pls.48-49.

Cowan, C.F.,1966 : Indo-oriental Horagini (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 18(4):103-141, 3 pls.


Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂ Horaga syrinx moulmeina ♂
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

1999.07.18 - 2023.07.31.

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