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: Sophonviwatkul et al.,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) (partim)


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 uncommon in lowland forests (30–450 m a.s.l.).
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 emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Christian Gottlieb Proft, Fil. et Soc., Hafniae, 3(1): [vi] + 488 pp.


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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