Abraximorpha esta

Abraximorpha esta Evans, 1949


♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Abraximorpha davidii esta Evans, 1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Brit. Mus. : 156.
TL : Tonkin. (NHML)

Distribution : N.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos,
N.Vietnam, Yunnan.

Type Material Information

Type ♂, 31.May.1924. Ngai Tio, 4,800 ft., Tonkin. H.Stevens (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Nakano,1989 : 20, fig.1,♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Pomeun)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Kimura,1996 : 20, pl.3, figs.31,♂,32,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Inthanon; 'Fang' [Nan])
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 768, pl.353, figs.H94,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 48, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 818, pl.378, figs.H91,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Inthanon)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nan) (accessed: 2023.06.11)

[ LAOS ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6,7, pl.2, fig.14,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Nam Tha)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Nam Tha)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Onodera,2009b : 38. (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Onodera,2022 : 108, pl.245, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Xam Neua)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Evans,1949 : 156. (Tonkin)
Abraximorpha davidii ; Lemée,1950 : 22. (Hagiang)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 63, figs.2:20,♂,21,♂(Un),5:18(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Abraximorpha esta ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 146, pl.Va, fig.6,♂. (N: Hoang Lien)
Abraximorpha davidii elfina ; Luong et al.,2004 : 13, 86, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Abraximorpha esta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 75. (N: Lao Cai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ (photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nan : 13♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 1700m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.

Literature

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.

Devyatkin, A.L. & Monastyrskii, A.L.,2002 : Hesperiidae of Vietnam, 12. A further contribution to the Hesperiidae fauna of North and Central Vietnam.
Atalanta 33(1/2):137-155, col.pl.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Nan, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.06.30.