Graphium bathycles bathycloides

Graphium bathycles bathycloides (Honrath, 1884)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Papilio bathycles var.bathycloides Honrath, 1884
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 28:396-397, pl.10, fig.3.
TL : Malacca ; Borneo. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan,
Balabac, Busuanga.

Synonyms

Papilio bathycles manlius Fruhstorfer, 1908 : TL. Palawan. (homonym)
Graphium bathycles capitolinus Gauthier, 1984 : (replacement name for Papilio bathycles manlius Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Type Materials Information

bathycloides ; ♂, #149397, Malacca. (NHML, examined)
manlius ; ♂, Type (red), Jan.94. Palawan. Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Papilio bathycles bathycloides ; Godfrey,1930 : 218. (Patalung: Kao Den)
Papilio bathycles bathycloides ; Godfrey,1932a : 264. (P)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; Pinratana,1977 : 58, figs.P47b♂,♂(Un). (P)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 37,46, pl.67, figs.60,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 122, pl.33, figs.P69,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 139, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 120, pl.33, figs.P66,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Arisbe bathycles bathycloides ; Page & Treadaway,2014 : 271. (S)
Graphium bathycles bathycloides ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.18)
Arisbe bathycles bathycloides ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 166-167, figs.Abb.Pa-126-128, 311. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂.

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.

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

Yala : 8♂ (incl. photo).

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

Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. The female is very rare and unknown from Thailand until now.

Literature

Honrath, E.G.,1884 : Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Rhopalocera.
Berl. ent. Z. 28:395-398, pl.10.

Page, M.G.P. & Treadaway, C.G.,2014 : Revisional notes on the Arisbe eurypylus species group (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea: Papilionidae)
Stutt. Beit. Natur. Serie A, Neue Ser. 7:253-284.


♂, Yala, Thailand.	♂, Yala, Thailand.

1996.10.08 - 2023.05.31.