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" [Kayah State, 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: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.05)
Taxila haquinus fasciata: Nishimura,2026 : 33, fig.7-1,♂,7-1v♂(Un),7-2,♀,7-2v♀(Un). (Mae Hong Son: Kung Mai Sak)


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 uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (300–1,000 m a.s.l.).
The populations from Chaiyaphum and Phetchabun, N-C. 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.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1878(4): 821–858, pls. 51–53.

Staudinger, O, 1889. Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 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 - 2026.02.28.

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