First record of Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) and Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Bangladesh
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Paul, Prince
Author
Islam, Saiful
Author
Dey, Rajib
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Revista Chilena de Entomología
2021
Rev. Chil. Entomol.
2021-03-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.47.1.21.12
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10.35249/rche.47.1.21.12
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Lestranicus transpectus
(Moore, 1879)
White-Banded Hedge Blue
Current known distribution until this study: The global distribution of the taxon is in
Sikkim
to N.E.
India
(
Varshney & Smetacek 2015
),
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Laos
,
Cambodia
,
Vietnam
and
China
(
Inayoshi 2020
).
Larsen (2004)
mentioned it from Cachar and Dawki, and he guessed that it may appear in
Bangladesh
. The species was reported from the Baghmara Reserve Forest of Garo hills in Meghalaya (
Kunte
et al.
2012
), Panbari forest (
Gogoi 2015
) and Barail Wildlife Sanctuary (
Gogoi
et al.
2016
) in Assam. Subsequently, the authors have recorded the species from the Kaptai National Park of
Bangladesh
(aerial distance
265 km
from Barail Wildlife Sanctuary,
330 km
from Garo Hills,
446 km
from Panbari Forest).
Remarks.
An individual of
Lestranicus transpectus
was recorded from at about 10:39
AM
(GMT+6) on
09.iii.
2020 in
a hill stream named “Baro Chara” (
22.50° N
,
92.18° E
,
9 m
) (
Fig. 1
). The butterfly was resting about
1.2-1.4 m
above the ground on an unknown leaf. The species was photographed by the authors and later identified using field guides (
Evans 1932
;
Kehimkar 2016
).
Lestranicus transpectus
is most similar to
Acytolepis puspa
(Horsfield, [1828])
but can be distinguished by absence of black basal spot at space
7 in
its underside hind wings. In addition, rounded and conspicuous black spot in space 7 and small basal spot at space 1b (
Kehimkar 2016
;
Ek-Amnuay 2012
) indicate that the photographed specimen belongs to the
L. transpectus
species.