About Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)
Tagiades menaka, commonly known as the spotted snow flat or the dark-edged snow flat, is a species of spread-winged skipper butterflies. This species includes three recognized subspecies. Tagiades menaka manis is found in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam, and in Burma. Tagiades menaka mantra Evans, 1934 is found in the northwest Himalayas, Burma, Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, and Hainan, southern China. The nominate subspecies is Tagiades menaka menaka Evans, 1934. The taxon previously described as T. m. vajuna from Kanara, India has been transferred to the species Tagiades litigiosa. The taxa previously described as T. m. var. formosana and T. m. var. cohaerens from southern China and Taiwan have been reclassified as the full species Tagiades cohaerens.
