Sebastonyma suthepiana

Sebastonyma suthepiana Murayama & Kimura,1990


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Oudomxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Sebastonyma suthepiana Murayama & Kimura,1990
OD : Nature and Insects. 25(2): 24, figs.22,♀[♂], 23,♀[♂](Un) [as Sebastonyma sutlepiana].
TL : "Doi Suthep, Thailand" [Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, N.Thailand]. (RIEB)

Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Sebastonyma sutlepiana Murayama & Kimura,1990 : Nature and Insects. 25(2): 23. (IOS)

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂, 12.Apr.1976. Doi Suthep, N.Thailand. (RIEB) ; Chiba et al.,2020 : 287, figs.40,♂,41,♂(Un),42(label).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Kimura,1997 ; 38, pl.1, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 773, pl.355, figs.H110,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 53, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). (Doi Suthep)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 825, pl.381, figs.H107,♂.♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.07.13)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Chiba et al.,2020 : 287, figs.40(HT,♂),41(HT,♂(Un),42(label)

[ LAOS ]
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Onodera,2022 : 110, pl.247, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai: Nam Kat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, figs.H-137,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Devyatkin,2012 : 152. (by literature)
Sebastonyma suthepiana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 76. (by literature)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai dist ; Mae On dist.) : 2♂.

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

Tak : 1♂.

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

[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 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 low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 550m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Murayama, S. & Kimura, Y.,1990 : Some new butterflies from Thailand.
The Nature and Insects 25(2): 19-24, figs.1-23.

Chiba, H., Tsukiyama, H., Liang, J.Y., Wang, S.M., Shen, Z.Y. & Hsu, Y.F.,2020 :
The types of skippers described by Shu-Iti Murayama (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Zootaxa 4801(2): 280-290.

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.