Rapala tara

Rapala tara Nicéville, 1889


♂, 2017.11.02. Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

ON : Rapala tara Nicéville, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4):284, pl.14, fig.11,♂.
TL : ' "Sylhet" [southern Khasia Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]; Naini-tal, [Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India]'. (NZC)

Distribution : Nepal, India (Kumaon; Sikkim; Assam), N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Rapala francesca Swinhoe, 1911 : in Moore, Lep. Ind. 9:52-53, pl.716, figs.4,4a. TL. Khasia Hills, Assam, [India].

Type Materials Information

tara ; Type 1♂ 1♀, Sylhet (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 158, figs.♂,♂(Un), 159, figs.♀,♀(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Rapala tara ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 38, figs.107,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala tara ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.128, figs.♂,♂(dsf.Un),♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Rapala tara ; Onodera,2009b : 35-36,37. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Rapala tara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.
Rapala tara ; Miyamoto & Nakamura,2016 : 26, figs.19A♀,B♀. (Oudomxay; Houa Phan; Xieng Khouang)
Rapala tara ; Onodera,2022 : 98, pl.233, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham; Houaphan: Phou Pan)
Rapala suffusa suffusa ; Onodera,2022 : 99, pl.233, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Phou Pan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rapala tara ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12, 82, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Rapala tara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 69. (N: Lang Son; Vinh Phuc)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).
Pua dist., 2017.11.02. 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) ; 2017.11.04. 1♀, Y.Inayoshi (photo).

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

[ LAOS ]
Xam Neua : 2♂ 2♀.

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Notes

New to Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1100 - 1300m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at forest edges.

Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1889 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4):273-293, pls.13,14.

Swinhoe, C.,1911-1912: in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. vol.IX. Rhopalocera, Family Lycaenidae.
9:1-144,1911 ; 145-278,1912. L.Reeve & Co., London.

♀, 2017.11.04. Nan, Thailand.

2010.04.15 - 2023.10.31.