Calinaga sudassana sudassana

Calinaga sudassana sudassana Melville, 1893


♂, Lampang, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Calinaga sudassana Melville, 1893
OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(2):121-122, pl.7, figs.1,2.
TL : Chieng Mai, Siam.

Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Godfrey,1916 : 132. (N)
Calinaga sudassana ; Godfrey,1930 : 298. (N: by Bingham & Fruhstorfer)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Pinratana,1979 : 92, figs.N159a.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 103, pl.82, figs.199,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 496, pl.223, figs.N212,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀. (Wiang Pa Pao)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 374, pl.160, figs.N202,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀. (Wiang Pa Pao)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai / Lampang)
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 138, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Calinaga buddha avalokita ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 63, pl.79, figs.7,8. (Vang Vieng)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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

Chiang Mai : 11♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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

Lampang : 20♂ (incl. photo).

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

Nan : 8♂.

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

[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Xieng Khouang : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 550 - 1800m) and is very good mimic to Parantica melaneus and Parantica sita (Danainae) in flight. Males are occasionally territorial on trees at hilltops.

Literature

Melville, M.A.,1893 : Description of a new butterfly of the genus Calinaga from Siam.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(2):121-122, pl.7.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.

♂+P.agestor, G.xenocles, G.chironides, Lampang, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.

♂, Lampang, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.

♂ + Papilio agestor, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ + Papilio agestor, Lampang, Thailand.

♂ + Parantica melaneus (model), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2020.01.31 - 2021.02.28.