Tapena vasava vasava  (Moore, [1866])

Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Up. Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Un. Tapena vasava vasava ♀ Up. Tapena vasava vasava ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Up. Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Un. Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Up. Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Un.
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Achlyodes vasava Moore, [1866]
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):786.
TL : N.E.Bengal, India. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam.
Tapena vasava vasava map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Godfrey,1930 : 365-366. (W: Huey Tak So)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Evans,1949 : 157. (Siam)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Pinratana,1985 : 44, pl.16, fig.78,♂. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nong Khai; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 11, fig.12,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 44, fig.7,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 768, pl.353, figs.H95,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 49, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Par Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Bung Kahn; Phu Khiewo; Muang Shone)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 820, pl.378, figs.H92,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phitsanulok; Phetchabun; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2023.06.09)

[ LAOS ]
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 80, pl.112, figs.A1,♂,A2,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Nhahin)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Onodera,2022 : 107, pl.242, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Oudomxai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965b ; 98-100, figs.63.♂,64.♂(Un). (Dinh Quan)
Ctenoptilum vasava vasava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 75. (N: Tonkin, Van Bu / S: Dong Nai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

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


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 900m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Zhang et al.,2022 treated genus Ctenoptilum as a subgenus of Tapena on the basis of molecular analysis and morphology.


Literature

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

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J. & Grishin, N.V.,2022 : Taxonoic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0921: 1-135.


Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Tapena vasava vasava ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tapena vasava vasava ♂ Tapena vasava vasava ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ with A. angulata, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.06.30.

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