''Tanaecia pelea'', the Malay viscount, is a species of
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
.
Description
''Tanaecia pelea'' has a
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
of about . The basic colour of the upper wings is pale brown with pearly-bluish edges. It has dark brown marking on the basal area and a discal series of dark brown-edged hastate (spear-shaped) markings.
Distribution
It is found in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, mainland
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
,
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
,
Nias
Nias ( id, Pulau Nias, Nias language: ''Tanö Niha'') (sometimes called Little Sumatra in English) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago () of which the island is the centre, ...
and
Pulau Tioman
Tioman Island ( ms, Pulau Tioman) is a mukim and an island in Rompin District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is located off the east coast of the state, and is some long and wide. It has seven villages, the largest and most populous being Kampung Tek ...
.
Subspecies
*''T. p. pelea'' (Malaya, Borneo)
*''T. p. heliophila'' (Nias)
*''T. p. irenae'' (Pulau Tioman)
Gallery
File:Tanaecia pelea 060329 yk.jpg, Ventral view from Indonesia
File:Nymphalidae - Tanaecia pelea heliophila.JPG , ''T. p. heliophila'' from Nias Island
Nias ( id, Pulau Nias, Nias language: ''Tanö Niha'') (sometimes called Little Sumatra in English) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago () of which the island is the centre, ...
File:Tanaecia pelea pelea male.jpg, ''T. p. pelea'' male from Harau, West Sumatra
West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5, ...
File:Tanaecia pelea pelea female dorsal.jpg, ''T. p. pelea'' female from Harau, West Sumatra
File: Tanaecia pelea pelea femelle veso.jpg, ''T. p. pelea'' female (ventral side) from Harau, West Sumatra
References
"''Tanaecia'' Butler, [1869]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
BioLib.czWorld Field Guide
External links
Tanaecia
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Borneo
Butterflies described in 1787
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