Eurema ada iona

Eurema ada iona (Talbot, 1939)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Terias ada iona Talbot, 1939
OD : Fauna Brit. India (Butts) (ed.2) 1:537.
TL : Selangor, Malaysia. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.

	● ssp.indosinica
	● ssp.iona

Type Materials Information

Syntype ♂, Type HT (red), 1.Jun.1930. Genting Simpah, Pahang, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. 2080 ft. (NHML) ; Yata,1991 : pl.4, figs.5,('LT'[ST],♂), 6('LT'[ST],♂Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Eurema ada iona ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 180, pl.63, figs.Pi60a♂,♂(Un). ('Kanchanaburi' [loc.err.])
Eurema ada iona ; Jeratthitikul et al.,2009 : 6-8, figs.3F♂,3G♀. (Trang: Khao Shong; Pattani: Sai Khew)
Eurema ada iona ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 148, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Eurema ada iona ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 180, pl.62, fig.Pi59a♂,♂(Un). ('Kanchanaburi' [loc.err.])
Eurema ada iona ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 201-202. (Phang Nga)
Eurema andersoni [sic] andersoni [sic] ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : fig.Abb.Pi-100. (Phang Nga) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂ 2♀.

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

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Both sexes visit flowers and often rest on the underside of leaves. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Talbot, G.,1939 : Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma. Butterflies. 1. (Papilionidae & Pieridae) (ed.2).
London : xxxix + 600pp, 1 map, 3 pls, 184 figs.

Yata, O.,1991 : A Revision of the Old World Species of the Genus Eurema Hübner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae).
Part 2. Description of the smilax, the halape, the ada and the sari (part) groups
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 10:1-51, pl.1-21.

1996.10.31 - 2023.01.31.