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Tagiades trebellius martinus
Tagiades trebellius (Hopffer, 1874). General distribution: From Borneo and the Philippines through Sulawesi, the Moluccas and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. Geographic variation: Eleven subspecies are recognized. In the Philippines, only the endemic ssp. martinus (Plotz, 1884) (type-locality: Philippines) occurs. Distribution in the Philippines: Babuyan, Basilan, Bohol, Cebu, Camiguin de Mindanao, Dinagat, Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Palawan, Polillo, Samar, Sibuyan, Tawitawi, Ticao. Status: Common.
Spotted in the garden amongst white lantana flowers.
References: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/docum..., http://v2.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrows..., http://animalsattaiwan.blogspot.com/2008..., http://ecoinyourhands.webs.com/apps/phot....
Spotted on Oct 17, 2011
Submitted on Oct 29, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Leana. It was very pretty indeed. Sadly, this spotting was in Oct 2011, saw it only for 2 days, and then there has been no repeat sighting ever since :(
Wow Agnes you saw one too! They are very pretty in flight!