Gerosis bhagava bhagava (Moore, 1866)

Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Un. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Un. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Un. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Up. Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Un.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.

ON : Satarupa bhagava Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 781.
TL : "N.E.Bengal" [N.E.Bengal, India]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.India, Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan.
Gerosis bhagava bhagava map

Synonym

Daimio milliana Swinhoe, 1912; In: Moore, Lep. Ind. 10(110): 34, pl.765, figs.3, 3a-c; TL: "Burma" [Myanmar]. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Daimio milliana: Godfrey,1916 : 143. (Muak Lek; Prae: Me Song forest)
Daimio bhagava bhagava: Godfrey,1930 : 363. (Prae: Me Song forest; Muak Lek; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Daimio bhagava bhagava: Evans,1949 : 132. (Siam)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 28-29, pl.1, fig.3,♂, Textfig.2,♂genitalia. (Doi Inthanon)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Pinratana,1985 : 40, pl.14, fig.66,♂. (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Ratchaburi)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 249, fig.9,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Naudom)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 11. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 43. (Mukdahan: Phu Hin Khan; Ban Lao Kram)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 43-44, fig.6,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 762, pl.350, figs.H81,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Kimura et al.,2011 : 44, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Ban Salok; Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Kradung; Phu Khieo; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Kiewo; Sai York Noi)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 814, pl.375, figs.H78,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Ratchasima; Sa Kaeo; Ratchaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.10)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Nishimura,2025 : 20, fig.25,♂,25v♂(Un). (Mae Hong Son: Kung Mai Sak)

[ LAOS ]
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 79, col.pl.16 ; pl.111, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Osada et al.,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Luang Phrabang)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57, pl.24, fig.He-65,♀,♀(Un). (Attapeu)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Onodera,2022 : 107, pl.243, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si; Khammouan: Xebangfai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.6P♀. (Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Inoué & Kawazoé,1964 : 47, figs.21,♂,22,♂(Un). (Trang Bom)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-142,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 74. (C: Dak Lak: Yok Don; S: Dong Nai)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava: Saito et al.,2017 : 76. (S: Nui Cam)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 6♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chonburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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

Khammouan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in forests at low to moderate elevations (50 - 1,000 m a.s.l.). Both sexes visit flowers. Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles. They often rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

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

Swinhoe, C.,1912 : In: Moore, F., Lepidoptera Indica. vol.10. Rhopalocera, Family Hesperiidae (continued).
10(109/116): 1-192 (1912), L.Reeve & Co., London.

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix + 1-502, pls.1-35. London.


Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♂ Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀ Gerosis bhagava bhagava ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2025.12.31.

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