Chitoria cooperi  (Tytler, 1926)

Chitoria cooperi ♂ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♂ Un. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
Chitoria cooperi ♂ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♂ Un. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Xiang Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Apatura cooperi Tytler, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3): 579-580, pl.2, fig.4,♂.
TL : Maymyo, N.Shan States, Burma. (♂♀, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Laos, N.Vietnam.
Chitoria cooperi map

Type Materials Information

Syntypes (Cotype) 1♂ Rh.9109, 1♀ Rh.9110. Maymyo, N.Shan State. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Chitoria cooperi ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, figs.29,♂,♂(Un),30,♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Chitoria cooperi ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.73, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phong Saly; Xiang Khouang)
Chitoria cooperi ; Onodera,2009b : 36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Chitoria cooperi ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Chitoria cooperi ; Onodera,2022 : 47, pl.142, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham; Tha)

[ VIETNAM ]
Chitoria cooperi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43. (by this web page)
Chitoria cooperi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):63, pl.5, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un). (by this web page)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Phong Saly : 2♂ (photo by K.Phongpiyamit).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Houaphan : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Xiang Khouang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : Tam Dao, 2007.02.01. 1♂, LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Vietnam.


Literature

Tytler, H.,1926 : Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from India and Burma Part.II.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):579-590, 3 pls.


Chitoria cooperi ♂ Chitoria cooperi ♂
♂, Phong Saly, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit) ♂, Phong Saly, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)

2007.09.20 - 2023.04.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © Y.Inayoshi.