Pantoporia sandaka explained

Pantoporia sandaka,^{[1] [2] [3]} the extra lascar, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.^{[4] [5]}

Subspecies

The subspecies of Pantoporia sandaka are-^[5]

• Pantoporia sandaka sandaka Eliot, 1969 – (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Pulo Laut, Borneo)
• Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969 – (India - Thailand - Hainan, Burma)
• Pantoporia sandaka ferrari Eliot, 1969 – (Andaman Is.)
• Pantoporia sandaka michaeli Tsukada & Kaneko, 1985

Food plants

The larvae feed on Acacia caesia and Dalbergia horrida.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Butler. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Sandakan, N. E. Borneo. 1892. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 120.
2. Eliot. J. N.. New or little known Butterflies from Malaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 1959. 7. 8. 373–374. 28 April 2018.
3. Eliot. J. N.. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 1969. Suppl.15. 35. 28 April 2018.
4. Book: Varshney, R.K. . A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 195. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
5. Web site: Savela . Markku . Pantoporia sandaka (Butler, 1892) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 3, 2018.
6. 2018-04-10. Larval host plants of the buterfies of the Western Ghats, India. Ravikanthachari Nitin. V.C. Balakrishnan. Paresh V. Churi. S. Kalesh. Satya Prakash. Krushnamegh Kunte. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 10. 4. 11518. 10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550. free.