BIO PALEMBANICA
Vol 2 No 1 (2025): Bio Palembanica

The Presence of Branded Imperial Eooxylides tharis Geyer, 1837 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Bangka Island, Sumatra, Which Subspecies is This?

Aprillia, Ina (Unknown)
Effendi, Zahrial (Unknown)
Nisa, Amanatun (Unknown)
Iqbal, Muhammad (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jun 2025

Abstract

The Branded Imperial Eooxylides tharis Geyer, 1837 is a lycaenid butterflies found in mainland Sumatra and Belitung Island, but no references provided information if this butterfly occur in Bangka Island. On 7 December 2024, few individuals of E. tharis were observed and documented in Pelawan Forest, Namang  Village, Central Bangka  District, Bangka Island, Sumatra. In addition, there are two reports from citizen science platform about the presence of E. tharis in Bangka Island. The status of which subspecies is discussed, and it is possible that population of E. tharis from Bangka Island represent a new subspecies. Keywords: Bangka, Branded Imperial, Eooxylides tharis, Rhopalocera, Sumatra.

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BIO PALEMBANICA
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Abbrev

biopalembanica

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Universitas Indo Global Mandiri

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

Description

Bio Palembanica come from Bio and Palembanica. Bio refer to Biology, and Palembanica. Palembanica come from Latin for Palembang, a location in Southern Sumatra (recently capital city of South Sumatra). Few species are namely with palembanica, such as Intsia palembanica (Fabaceae), Shorea palembanica ...