Burara oedipodea belesis

Burara oedipodea belesis (Mabille,1876)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Ismene belesis Mabille,1876
OD : Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5)6:x, 260.
TL : "Indes orientales" (NHML)

Distribution : India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, Hainan, China.

Synonyms

Ismene harisa aegina Plotz,1884 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 45:54. TL. Calcutta.
Ismene tuckeri athena Fruhstorfer,1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:61. TL. Muok Lek, Siam. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

belesis ; Type ♂, "Ind. or." (NHML)
athena ; ♂, Type (red), H2378, Muok-Lek, Siam. Januar. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML. examined.)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ismene oedipodea athena ; Godfrey,1927 : 127. (North)
Ismene oedipodea athena ; Godfrey,1930 : 355. (East: Muak Lek ; Pak Jong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Evans,1949 : 45-46. (Siam)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Pinratana,1985 : 13, pl.1, fig.1a,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi / Ratchaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 9, fig.2♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana / Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 720, pl.329, fig.H1a,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi / Ratchaburi / Phu Khieo)
Burara oedipodea oedipodea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 720, pl.329, fig.H1b,♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Chiba,2009 : 6-7, pl.1, fig.2♂. (Chiang Mai)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 20, fig.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo / Kao Soi Dao / Sai York Noi)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 768, pl.353, fig.H1a,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi / Ratchaburi / Phu Khieo)
Burara oedipodea oedipodea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 768, pl.353, fig.H1b,♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chanthaburi / Sa Kaeo)

[ LAOS ]
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 78. not fig. (Luang Prabang)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Masui & Uehara,1994 ; 7, fig.43♂. (Louang Phabang)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 221, pl.130, figs.♂,♀. (Luang Phrabang / Lak Sao)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.

[ VIETNAM ]
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Evans,1949 : 45-46. (Tonkin)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 ; 154. (N: Ba Be ; Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Devyatkin,2000 ; 200. (S: Ma Da)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 58, figs.1:1♂,2♂(Un),5:1(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Hao et al.,2004 : 12, 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Burara oedipodea belesis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c ; 41, fig.H-133,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 70. (N / C / S)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.

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

Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).

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

Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 1♀ (incl.photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 9♂.

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

Phetchaburi : 3♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & C.Sunthornwiphat).

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

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

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.

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

Notes
There are both ssp.oedipodea and ssp.belesis occur together in Phetchaburi. The area between north part of Peninsular to Kanchanaburi seems to be a transition area.
Literature

Mabille, P.,1876 : Diagnoses de nouvelles especes d'Hesperides. 6-13.
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5):6:ix-xi.

Mabille, P.,1876 : Sur la classification des Hesperiens, avec la description de plusiers especes nouvelles.
Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (5):6:251-274.

Plotz, C.,1884 : Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Ismene Sw. und ihre Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 45(1-3):51-66.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):9-79, pl.1.

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi ssp.belesis & ssp.oedipodea, Phetchaburi, Thailand.
(photo by C.Sunthornwiphat)

1999.07.31 - 2018.10.31.


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.	♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi	ssp.belesis & ssp.oedipodea, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by C.Sunthornwiphat)