Burara jaina jaina  (Moore, [1866])

Burara jaina jaina ♂ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♂ Un. Burara jaina jaina ♀ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Burara jaina jaina ♂ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♂ Un. Burara jaina jaina ♂ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Phong Saly, Laos.
Burara jaina jaina ♂ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♂ Un. Burara jaina jaina ♀ Up. Burara jaina jaina ♀ Un.
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Ismene jaina Moore, [1866]
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):782.
TL : Darjeeling. (NHML)
Distribution : Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar,
N.Thailand, N.Laos, N.Vietnam, Yunnan, Hainan.
● ssp.jaina
transition zone of jaina and margana
ssp.margana
transition zone of margana and velva
ssp.velva
Burara jaina jaina map

Synonyms

Ismene jaina vasundhara Fruhstorfer, 1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:59. TL. Assam. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

jaina  ; ♂ Type (red), H2384, Darjiling. (NHML, examined)
vasundhara  ; ♂ Type (red), H2385. Khasia Hills, Assam. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ismene jaina jaina ; Godfrey,1930 : 355. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Bibasis jaina jaina ; Pinratana,1985 : 14, pl.1, figs.2a♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Burara jaina jaina ; Chiba,2009 : 8-9, pl.2, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (Chiang Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Burara jaina jaina ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.17a♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Burara jaina jaina ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.130, fig.♂. (Oudomxay)
Burara jaina jaina ; Chiba,2009 : 8-9, pl.2, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (Oudomxay)
Burara jaina jaina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.

[ VIETNAM ]
Bibasis jaina jaina ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 140. (N: Ba Be-Na Hang area)
Burara jaina jaina ; Chiba,2009 : 8-9, pl.2, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (N)
Bibasis jaina jaina ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 70. (N: Bac Can)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 7♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Phong Saly : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 800m) and is crepuscular. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The Chiang Mai population has a quite variable and unstable male sex brand on the UpF. It seems to be transitional individuals intermediate to ssp.margana.


Literature

Moore, F.,[1866] : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

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


Burara jaina jaina ♀
♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

2012.10.15 - 2023.02.28.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.