Cyrestis cocles earli Distant, 1883

Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Un. Cyrestis cocles earli ♀ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Un. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Un. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Up. Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Cyrestis earli Distant, 1883
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)11(63):174.
TL : Malacca, [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Phetchaburi and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia.
● ssp.cocles
transition zone of ssp.cocles and earli
ssp.earli
Cyrestis cocles earli map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Cyrestis cocles cocles ; Godfrey,1930 : 276. (Ko Tao) (in part)
Cyrestis cocles cocles ; Godfrey,1931 : 194. (Ko Tao)
Cyrestis cocles cocles ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Pinratana,1979 : 37, fig.N53b♂(dsf). (Yala)
Cyrestis cocles cocles ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 42. (Yala) (in part)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 384, pl.166, fig.N57b♂(left). (in part)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies. figs.[♂],[♂](Un),[♀],[♀](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.07.20)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 478, pl.212, fig.N340b♂(left). (in part)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 117-118, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Hua Hin; Than To WF.)
Cyrestis cocles earli ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 77, figs.Abb.N-472-473. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Surat Thani (incl.Koh Tao) : 8♂ (photo by P.Kosierb and A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun (Koh Tarutao) : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 6♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 20 - 450m). Both sexes visit flowers and males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. They often rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.
The specimens from Phetchaburi to Prachuap Khiri Khan seem to be intermediate between ssp.cocles and ssp.earli. There seems to be a transition zone between the two subspecies.
Corbet (1941) suggested that the type locality of cocles was Pulau Salang [Phuket, Thailand]. If so, the Phuket population is most likely to be the same taxon as the Malay Peninsula subspecies earli. Then ssp.earli should be synonymous with cocles and the continental populations should be given an alias. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Distant, W.L.,1883 : Description of a new Species of Rhopalocera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)11(63):174.


Cyrestis cocles earli ♂ Cyrestis cocles earli ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.10.10 - 2024.08.31.

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