Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi  (Distant, 1882)

Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Un. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Un. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Un. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Un. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Up. Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♀ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. ( photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. ( photo by K.Saito)

ON : Ismene crawfurdi Distant, 1882
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:247.
TL : Province Wellesley, Malay Pen. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Rhopalocampta crawfurdi ; Pendlebury,1923 : 47. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Rhopalocampta benjaminii crawfurdi ; Godfrey,1930 : 356. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Rhopalocampta benjaminii crawfurdi ; Godfrey,1932a : 274. (P)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Pinratana,1985 : 23, pl.7, fig.24,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Trang)
Choaspes subcaudata crawfurdi ; Tsukiyama,1992 ; 30, pl.4, figs.6-1a♂, 6-1b♂. (Lumpang: Maemo; Ranong)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 740, pl.339, figs.H30,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Nam Nao; Than To)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Chiba,2009 : 42, pl.19, figs.6,♂,7,♀. (Thailand)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 30, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Doi Dao; Kam Puan; Muang Shone; Than To WF.)
Choaspes stigmatus caudatus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.362, figs.H28b♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 788, pl.363, figs.H32,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Nam Nao; Than To)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.03.26)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 70-71, fig.Abb.H-058. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19, figs.20,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxay; Lak Sao)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.132, figs.♂,♀. (Thakhek)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Chiba,2009 : 42, pl.19, figs.6,♂,7,♀. (Thakhek; Oudomaxay)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Onodera,2022 : 103, pl.237, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Champasak: Dong Huasao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 156. (C: Bach Ma; Vu Quang)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 121. (S: Cat Tien)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12. (Cuc Phuong)
Choaspes subcaudatus ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Bach Ma)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 3, figs.H-12,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Chiba,2009 : 42, pl.19, figs.6,♂,7,♀. (N / C: to Lam Dong)
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 71. (N / C: to Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 4♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 8♂ 6♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves.


Literature

Distant, W.L.,1882 : Undescribed Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:245-248.

Suzuki, N., Yago, M. & Uehara, J.,2009 :
A congener-like larval form of Choaspes subcaudatus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from northern Laos, with a description of its immature stages and male genital morphology
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 51:18-22.


Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂ Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1999.07.31 - 2023.07.31.

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