Cirrochroa kishii Saito & Inayoshi, 2009

Cirrochroa kishii ♂ Up. Cirrochroa kishii ♂ Un. Cirrochroa kishii ♀ Up. Cirrochroa kishii ♀ Un.
♂, 2003.01.03. Dai Duc Me, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
Holotype (photo by K.Saito)
♀, 2003.12.29. Dai Duc Me, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Cirrochroa kishii Saito & Inayoshi, 2009
OD : Futao 55:4-6, figs.1(HT,♂), 3(HT,♂Un), 2(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un), 13,14(♂ genitalia).
TL : Dai Duc Me, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito)
Distribution : C.Vietnam.
Cirrochroa kishii map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 3.Jan.2003. Dai Duc Me, S.Lam Dong, C.Vietnam, alt.500m. K.Saito (in coll. K.Saito)
Paratypes : same locality as holotype, 7♂ 2♀. (in coll. K.Saito)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Cirrochroa malaya malaya ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 17, figs.N-14,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Cirrochroa kishii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 31, pl.8, figs.27a♂,27b♂(Un),27c♀. (C: Lam Dong)
Cirrochroa kishii ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):187, pl.25, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (C: Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 8♂ 2♀ (Type specimens).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is quite localized but not rare in its habitat. It is found in montane forests at low to moderate elevations.


Literature

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2009 : A new species of thais group of Cirrochroa Doubleday,[1847] from central Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Futao 55:2-6, 14 figs.


2009.09.22 - 2021.11.30.

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