Gerosis sinica narada  (Moore, 1884)

Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Up. Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Un. Gerosis sinica narada ♀ Up. Gerosis sinica narada ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Up. Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Un. Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Up. Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂ (wsf), Chiang Mai Thailand.
Gerosis sinica narada ♂ genitalia Gerosis sinica narada ♂ genitalia Gerosis sinica narada ♂ genitalia Gerosis sinica narada ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Satarupa narada Moore, 1884
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):50.
TL : Darjiling, Sikkim. (NHML ; NZC)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar,
N.Thailand, Laos, S.Vietnam. (China)
● ssp.narada
ssp.minima
Gerosis sinica narada map

Synonym

Daimio sinica indica Evans, 1926 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(1):74. TL. Assam to Tavoy. (♂, NHML)


Type Material Information

narada  ; 1 ex. Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 24, figs.1ex.,1ex.(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Gerosis sinica narada ; Kimura,1996 : 20, pl.2, figs.27,♂,28,♂(Un). (Nan)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 762, pl.349, figs.H79a♂,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Wiang Pa Pao; Nan)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 812,814, pl.374, figs.H77a♂,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao; Nan)
Gerosis sinica narada ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.09)

[ LAOS ]
Gerosis sinica narada ; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2, fig.16,♂,♂(Un). (Saravan)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Thateng)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Gerosis sinica narada ; Onodera,2022 : 107, pl.243, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Gerosis sinica narada ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 145. (N: Cuc Phuong / C: Hoang Lien)
Gerosis sinica ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 123. (S: Cat Tien)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Luong et al.,2004 : 13. (Cuc Phuong)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 7, fig.H-34,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 40, fig.H-34,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Gerosis sinica narada ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 74. (N / C: to Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 7♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
Chiang Mai dist., 1983.04.04. 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 900 - 1300m). Both sexes visit flowers. Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Moore, F.,1884 :
Descriptions of some New Asiatic Lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained inthe Indian Museum, Calcutta.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):16-52.

Evans, W.H.,1926 : The Identification of Indian butterflies. Part.IX.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(1):49-83, pl.30.


Gerosis sinica narada ♂ Gerosis sinica narada ♀
♂ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2023.06.30.

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