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. (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. 10:34, pl.765, figs.3,3a-c.  TL. Burma. (♂, 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 ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Ratchasima; Sa Kaeo; Ratchaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.10)

[ LAOS ]
Gerosis bhagava bhagava ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 79, col.pl.16 ; pl.111, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Gerosis bhagava bhagava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,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 montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. 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.,1912-1913: in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. vol.X. Rhopalocera, Family Hesperiidae (continued).
10:1-192,1912 ; 193-363,1913. L.Reeve & Co., 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 - 2023.06.30.

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