Tajuria isaeus tyro Nicéville, 1895

Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Up. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Un. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♀ Up. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♀ Un.
♂, 2020.12.28. Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Up. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Un. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Up. Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ genitalia Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Tajuria tyro Nicéville, 1895
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):302-304, pl.P, fig.40,♀.
TL : 'Ataran Valley, "Tenasserim, Burma" [Tanintharyi, Myanmar]; N.-H.Sumatra.' (NZC)
Distribution : India (Assam), S.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos.
● ssp.tyro
ssp.verna
Tajuria isaeus tyro map

Type Material Information

Type 1♀, Ataran Valley, Tenasserim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 168, figs.♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Tajuria isaeus tyro ; D'Abrera,1986 : 616. (Northern Thailand)'
'Tajuria isaeus tyro ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 118. (by literature)'
Tajuria isaeus tyro ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022b : 31, figs.43,♂,43v♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)

[ LAOS ]
Tajuria isaeus tyro ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2008b : 53, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Nam Kata)
Tajuria isaeus tyro ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55, pl.22, figs.Ly-238,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Boikhamxai: Namkata)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 8♂ 2♀.
2020.12.28. 1♂, Y.Inayoshi (YI).
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Notes

This is the first reliable record from Thailand. It was found on 28.Dec.2020. It was subsequently found in several districts of Chiang Mai province.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 800 - 1500m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1895 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, pls.N-Q.

D'Abrera, B.,1986 : Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part III
Hill House, Australia.


Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), 2020.12.28. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tajuria isaeus tyro ♂ Tajuria isaeus tyro ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2009.12.31 - 2024.07.31.

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