Taxila haquinus haquinus (Fabricius, 1793)

Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Trang, Thailand.
Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un.
♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. ♂, Satun, Thailand.
Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Up. Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♂, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Papilio haquinus Fabricius, 1793
OD : Ent. syst. 3(1):55.
TL : 'Tranquebariae' [probably W.Malaysia].
Distribution : P.Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore.
● ssp.fasciata
ssp.berthae
ssp.haquinus
Taxila haquinus haquinus map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; Pinratana,1988 : 45, pl.41, figs.23a♂,♀,♂(Un). (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Yala)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 520, pl.234, figs.R24a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 532, pl.239, figs.L24a,♂♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 26, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Poh Ta; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Ranong; Satun; Yala) (accessed: 2024.05.10)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 114-115, figs.Abb.L-023,027-028. (Phang Nga) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 9♂ 7♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 6♂ 3♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 450m).
I tentatively treat all populations from peninsular Thailand to W. Malaysia as the nominotypical subspecies, but further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1793 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
3(1): [iv] + 488 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.


Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Taxila haquinus haquinus ♂ Taxila haquinus haquinus ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Yala, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2024.05.31.

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