Taxila haquinus fasciata Moore, 1879

haquinus fasciata ♂ Up. haquinus fasciata ♂ Un. haquinus fasciata ♀ Up. haquinus fasciata ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
haquinus fasciata ♂ Up. haquinus fasciata ♂ Un. haquinus fasciata ♀ Up. haquinus fasciata ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
haquinus fasciata ♂ Up. haquinus fasciata ♂ Un. haquinus fasciata ♀ Up. haquinus fasciata ♀ Un.
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀, Phetchabun, Thailand.

ON : Taxila fasciata Moore, 1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):832, pl.52, fig.1,♂(Un).
TL : "Above Ahsown, Tenasserim" [Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar].
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand.
● ssp.fasciata
ssp.berthae
ssp.haquinus
Taxila haquinus fasciata map

Synonym

Taxila haquinus var. moulmeinus Staudinger, 1889 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):91-92. TL. "Moulmein" [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Taxila haquinus berthae ; Godfrey,1916 : 134. ('Prae: Me Song forest')
Taxila haquinus berthae ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; Godfrey,1930 : 309. ('Prae: Me Song forest'; W: Ban Samui)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; Pinratana,1988 : 45. (list only)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 520. (list only)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 532, pl.240, figs.L24c♂♂(Un). (Umphang)
Taxila haquinus berthae ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 26, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ban Mae Wa; Doi Suthep)
Taxila haquinus fasciata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.05)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 8♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 2♀ (photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1000m).
The populations from Chaiyaphum and Phetchabun, C.N.Thailand are somewhat close to ssp.berthae. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.


Taxila haquinus fasciata ♂ Taxila haquinus fasciata ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Taxila haquinus fasciata ♂ Taxila haquinus fasciata ♀
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀, Phetchabun, Thailand.
Taxila haquinus fasciata ♂ Taxila haquinus fasciata ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2023.05.31.

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