Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) White-Banded Hedge Blue

Paul, Prince, Islam, Saiful & Dey, Rajib, 2021, First record of Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) and Graphium macareus (Godart, 1819) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Bangladesh, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1), pp. 115-119 : 117

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.

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Figure 1. New locality record of Lestranicus transpectus and Graphium macareus in Bangladesh. / Nuevos registros de localidad de Lestranicus transpectus y Graphium macareus en Bangladesh.