Capila hainana hainana  Crowley, 1900

Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un.
♂, Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Un.
♂, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Un.
♂, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Un.
♂, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♂ Un. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Up. Capila hainana hainana ♀ Un.
♂, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Capila hainana Crowley, 1900
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900(3):510.
TL : Hainan. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : Hainan, Thailand, Laos.
● ssp.hainana
ssp.arooni
Capila hainana hainana map

Synonym

Orthopaetus barroni Riley & Godfrey, 1921 : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):187-189, pl.6, figs.10,♂,11,♀. TL. Hup Bon, S.E.Siam. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

hainana ; ♀, Type HT (red), Hainan. Whitehead. Crowley (NHML, examined)
barroni ;
♂, Type, Rh.133, 28.Apr.1914. Hup Bon, Sriracha, S.E.Siam. (NHML)
♀, Type, Rh.134, 20.Apr.1914. Hup Bon, Sriracha, S.E.Siam. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Capila zennara ; Godfrey,1916 : 141-142. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Capila mackwoodi ; Godfrey,1930 : 357. (Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Capila hainana hainana ; Evans,1949 : 88. (S.E.Siam)
Capila hainana hainana ; Pinratana,1985 : 25, pl.8, figs.30a♂,♀,♂var,♀var. (Chanthaburi)
Capila hainana hainana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 746, pl.342, figs.H39a♂,♀. (Chanthaburi)
Capila hainana hainana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 32, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Khun Lao Village; Kao Soi Dao)
Capila hainana hainana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 794, pl.366, figs.H38a♂,♀. (Chanthaburi)
Capila hainana hainana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Ratchasima; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2024.06.17)

[ LAOS ]
Capila hainana hainana ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, pl.2, figs.13,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Capila hainana hainana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.133, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay; Phong Saly)
Capila hainana ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.133, fig.♂. (Xiang Khouang)
Capila hainana hainana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Capila hainana ssp. ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Capila hainana hainana ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 124, fig.6L♀,6M♂. (Koh Kong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 7♂ 8♀ (incl. photo by D.Sargeant).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 7♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1400m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Crowley, P.,1900 : On the Butterflies collected by the late Mr.John Whitehead in the Interior of the Island of Hainan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900(3):505-511, pl.35.

Riley, N.D. & Godfrey, E.J.,1921 : Some Undescribed Rhopalocera from Siam.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):167-190, 4 .pls.


Capila hainana hainana ♂ Capila hainana hainana ♀
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
Capila hainana hainana ♂ Capila hainana hainana ♀
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Capila hainana hainana ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.07.31 - 2024.06.30.

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