Eurema ada iona Talbot, 1939

Eurema ada iona ♂ Up. Eurema ada iona ♂ Un. Eurema ada iona ♀ Up. Eurema ada iona ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Eurema ada iona ♂ Up. Eurema ada iona ♂ Un. Eurema ada iona ♀ Up. Eurema ada iona ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Eurema ada iona Talbot, 1939
OD : Fauna Brit. India (Butts) (ed.2) 1: 537.
TL : Genting Simpah, Pahang-Selangor, Malay Peninsula. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.
● ssp.indosinica
ssp.iona
Eurema ada iona map

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂, Type HT (red), 1.Jun.1930. Genting Simpah, Pahang, Selangor, Malay Peninsula. 2080 ft. (NHML) ; Yata,1991 : pl.4, figs.5,('LT'[HT],♂), 6('LT'[HT],♂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) (partim)
Eurema ada iona ; Sophonviwatkul et al.,2024– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2024.04.13)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m). Both sexes visit flowers and often rest on the underside of leaves. Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.


Literature

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


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