Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867

Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Un. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♀ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♀ Un.
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Un. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Tak, Thailand.
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Un. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Up. Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ genitalia Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ genitalia Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ genitalia Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes aristogiton C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867
OD : Reise öst. Fregatte Novara. Zool. Theil (3):445.
TL : not stated.
Distribution : Sikkim, Assam to Myanmar, SE.Tibet,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, S.Guangxi.
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton map

Synonyms

Charaxes desa Moore, 1879 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):832. TL. Moolai, [Myanmar].
Haridra adamsoni Moore, [1895] : Lep. Ind. 2:236-237, pl.173, figs.2,2a(♂). TL. Moolai, Upper Tenasserim, [Myanmar].
Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus Fruhstorfer, 1914 : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:736. TL. Chiem-Hoa ; Than-Moi, "Tonkin" [N.Vietnam]. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Godfrey,1930 : 303. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : pl.72, fig.182,♀. (in part)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 97, pl.72, fig.183,♂(Un). (in part)
Charaxes marmax marmax ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.214, figs.N195,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Charaxes harmodius ssp. ; Inayoshi,2007 : 22, figs.7,♂,8,♂(Un). (Ranong: Muang Chone)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 370, pl.158, fig.N199,♀(bottom,left). (in part)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 131, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo)
Charaxes aristogiton aristiogiton ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.05.04)

[ LAOS ]
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ; Onodera,2022 : 52, pl.152, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Nahin)

[ VIETNAM ]
Charaxes peridoneus ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Charaxes aristogiton f. peridoneus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Tonkin)
Charaxes aristogiton ; Lemée,1950 : 16. (Hagiang)
Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus ; Metaye,1957 : 99. (N)
Charaxes harmodius ssp. ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 39, fig.N-122,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (N / C)
Charaxes harmodius ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (by literature)
"Charaxes harmodius shiloi ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 40. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)"
Charaxes aristogiton peridoneus ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):100-101, pl.18, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Ba Be; Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong / C: Xuan Lien; Ben En; Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Ngoc Linh; Hon Ba; Nui Chua)
Charaxes harmodius ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):102, pl.18, figs.3,♂. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 8♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 2♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1100m).
Inayoshi (2007) reported Charaxes harmodius ssp. from Ranong, P.Thailand. However, it is considered to be a misidentification of this species. Moreover I consider the records of harmodius from Vietnam are likely to be this taxon.


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,[1865]-1874 : Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair.
Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Lepidoptera. Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn.
(1):[4] + 1-136, pls. 1-21 ([12 January 1865]) ; (2):[2] + 137-378, pls. 22-47 ([after October] 1865) ; (3):[2] + 379-536, pls.48-74 ([25 April] 1867) ; (4):[6] + 1-9 [explanation of plates] ([31 December] 1874)

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim,
with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Moore, F.,1890-1913 : Lepidoptera Indica.
London, L.Reeve and Co. 10 volumes in 123 parts.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
721-744. (9.Mar.1914)

Lang, S.Y.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.


Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂ Charaxes aristogiton aristogiton ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.05.31.

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