Saletara panda distanti Butler, 1898

Saletara panda distanti ♂ Up. Saletara panda distanti ♂ Un. Saletara panda distanti ♀ Up. Saletara panda distanti ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Saletara panda distanti ♂ Up. Saletara panda distanti ♂ Un. Saletara panda distanti ♀ Up. Saletara panda distanti ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Saletara distanti Butler, 1898
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)2: 400.
TL : 'Malacca [W.Malaysia]; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo'.
Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Ranong), W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo.
Saletara panda distanti map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Saletara liberia distanti ; Pinratana,1983 : 21, pl.16, figs.36,♂,♀. (Ranong; Phang Nga; Trang; Yala)
Cepora nadina nadina ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.31 ; accessed: 2024.04.11)
Saletara panda distanti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 158, pl.51, figs.Pi38,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong: Khlong Nakha; Than To)
Saletara panda distanti ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 155, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Saletara panda distanti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 158, pl.51, figs.Pi38,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Than To)
Saletara panda distanti ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chumphon; Ranong; Yala) (accessed: 2024.04.13)
Saletara panda distanti ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 197, figs.Abb.Pi-070-071. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 10♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 8♂ (incl. photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 600m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Zhang et al. (2021) treated Saletara as a subgenus of Catophaga. However, as no comprehensive analysis of the genus Appias (including Catophaga and Saletara) has yet been conducted, Saletara is treated as an independent genus here, as previously.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,1898 : On the Pierine Butterflies of the Genus "Catophaga".
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)2: 392-401, 458-467.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V.,2021 : Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy.
Taxon. Rep. Int. Lep. Survey 9(3): 1-54.


Saletara panda distanti ♂ Saletara panda distanti ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand.

1996.10.31 - 2024.09.30.

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