Hestina persimilis persimilis

Hestina persimilis persimilis (Westwood,[1850])


♂, 1992.02.--. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.		♀, 1992.02.23. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.

♂, 1984.03.07. Khao Soi Dao, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, 1993.02.10. Ban Huai Pung, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂, 1994.02.19. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.		♂, 1979.09.--. Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, 1988.03.24. Ban Ten Doi, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂, 1988.03.24. Ban Ten Doi, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂, 2007.03.12. Xam Neua, Laos. ( Photo by K.Saito)

ON : Diadema persimilis Westwood,[1850]
OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):281.
TL : N.India. (BMNH)

Distribution :
Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.

Synonyms
Hestina zella Butler,1869 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(1):9-10, text-fig. TL. Oriente.
* Hestina aporina Rober,1927 : Int. Ent. Zeit. 20:421, fig.2,♀. TL. Sikkim.
Type Material Information
persimilis : Syntype ♂, Rh.8993. N.India. designated by P.Ackery,1996. (BMNH)

Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Diagora persimilis persimilis ; Pinratana,1979 : 95, fig.N163,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Pinratana,1996 : 92, pl.69, fig.176,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 474, pl.211, fig.N189,♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok)

[ LAOS ]
Parhestina persimilis ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 232. (Laos)
Diagora persimilis f.persimilis ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1924 : 45. (Laos)
Diagora persimilis persimilis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, pl.77, figs.1♂,2♂(Un). (Nam Moh)
Hestina persimilis ssp. ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.31,♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.75, figs.♂,♀,♂,♂(Un),♀.
(Oudomxay / Xiang Khouang / Phong Saly)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Onodera,2009b : 37. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Diagora persimilis f.persimilis ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1924 : 45. (Cambodge)

[ VIETNAM ]
Parhestina persimilis ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 232. (Tonkin)
Diagora persimilis ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Van Ban: Mt.PiaOac)
Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ] Mae Hong Son, Ban Ten Doi. 1988.03.24 2♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Pung. 1993.02.10 1♂ P.Sukkit (YI) Mae Hong Son, Ban Huai Pung. 1993.02.11 1♂ P.Sukkit (YI) Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao. 1980.02.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao. 1983.03.03 3♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao. 1979.09.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.02.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.02.18 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1994.02.19 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.02.23 1♀ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.03.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Chanthaburi, Khao Soi Dao. 1984.03.07 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) [ LAOS ] Xam Neua. 2007.03.12 1♂ Local Catcher (KS)

Notes
Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : In Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Butler, A.G.,1869 : Description of a New Species of Hestina, which mimics a Danais.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(1):9-10.

2007.09.20 - 2010.05.31.