Laringa castelnaui castelnaui

Laringa castelnaui castelnaui (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Trang, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Eurytela castelnaui C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):401.
TL : "paeninsula Malayica" [W.Malaysia].

Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, Tioman, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra.

Synonym

Eurytela castelnaui ochus Fruhstorfer, 1905 : Soc. ent. 20(7):49. TL. S.O.Borneo.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Pendlebury,1923 : 35. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Godfrey,1930 : 265. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Takuapa: Nang Yawn)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Godfrey,1932a : 268. (P)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Pinratana,1979 : 4, figs.N6,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang; Narathiwat)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 40, pl.23,figs.53,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 384, pl.165, figs.N55,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 484, pl.215, figs.N356,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.06.26)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 67, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Laringa castelnaui castelnaui ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 82-83, figs.Abb.N-509,♂(Un),510,♂(Un),511,♂(Un). (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂ 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Trang : 4♂ 4♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 6♂ 2♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 900m). Males are frequently found on hilltops and are territorial on shrubs.

Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1905 : Neue Rhopaloceren aus Borneo.
Soc. ent. 20(7):49-50. (1.Jul.1905)

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558pp.(158 col. pls.) (in Japanese)


♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.06.05 - 2024.08.31.