Eulaceura osteria sitarama
Fruhstorfer, 1913
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♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
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♀, 2014.03.--. Chanthaburi, Thailand. |
ON :
Eulaceura osteria sitarama Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9:702.
TL : Insel Hainan.
Distribution : SE.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Hainan.
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● ssp.sitarama |
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● ssp. ? |
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● ssp.kumana |
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Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022b : 25, figs.13,♂(Un),14,♀,14v♀(Un). (Chanthaburi: Soi Dao Dist ; Pong Nam Ron Dist.)
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
[ LAOS ]
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ? ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.10,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thakhek; Khounkham)
Eulaceura osteria ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.73, figs.♂,♀. (Thakhek; Nhahin)
Eulaceura osteria ssp. ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Namdhua)
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Onodera,2022 : 48, pl.143, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)
[ VIETNAM ]
Eulaceura osteria kumana ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.7:8,♂,9,♂(Un),10,♀,11,♀(Un), fig.9:40(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Eulaceura osteria ; Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 70, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Eulaceura osteria ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien; Bach Ma)
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 34, figs.N-107,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43. (N / C / S)
Eulaceura osteria sitarama ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):59-60, pl.5, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀. (N: Ba Be; Xuan Lac; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong / C: Xuan Lien; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Phong Dien; Dakrong; Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Bach Ma; Son Thanh; Que Phuoc; Ngoc Linh; Dong Xuan; Chu Yang Sin; Hon Ba; Loc Bac; Da Teh / S: Cat Loc; Nghia Trung; La Nga)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul and A.Giudici).
Soi Dao Dist., 2012.04.15. 1♂, S.Sophonviwatkul (photo) ; Pong Nam Ron Dist., 2014.03.--. 1♀, LC (YI)
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Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (sighting by Y.Inayoshi).
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[ LAOS ]
Thabok : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
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[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 17♂ 1♀.
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Notes
New to Thailand.
The first discovery was photographed by Supat Sophonviwatkul on 15.Apr.2012 in Soi Dao district, Chanthaburi.
Only a few examples from S.E.Thailand were known until now.
I treat it as this taxon temporarily, however further taxonomic study is needed with more specimens.
I have once seen a male in Chaiyaphum province, C.Thailand, but it was only a sighting.
Therefore, I am not sure if that was this taxon or another one. Confirmation by specimens is needed.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 1000m), and frequently rests on the underside of leaves.
Literature
Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
697-704. (5.Aug.1913)
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| ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
♂, 2012.04.15. Chanthaburi, Thailand.
(photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) |
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| ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) |
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.
