Thoressa hyrie

Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville,1891)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Xaignabouli, Laos.

ON : Halpe hyrie de Nicéville,1891
OD : Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):388-389, pl.G, fig.34♂.
TL : Naga Hills, India. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : Bhutan, Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.E.Thibet.

Synonyms

Halpe lucasi merea Evans,1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 390. TL. Pemako, Mere, S.E.Thibet. (♂, NHML)
Pedesta naumanni Huang,1998 : 211-213, col.pl.1, 1a♂,1b♂, 2a♂(Un), 2b♂(Un). TL. Metok, Southeast Tibet. (♂, QVTC)

Type Material Information

hyrie ; Type ♂, 1889.viii-ix. Naga Hills, 5000-6000ft. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 61, fig.♂,♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Kimura,1997 ; 38, pl.1, figs.3♂,4♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 774, pl.356, figs.H116,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 54, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Thoressa hyrie ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 826, pl.381, figs.H113,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)

[ LAOS ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Thoressa hyrie ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.

[ VIETNAM ]
Thoressa hyrie ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 147. (Hoang Lien / Vu Quang)
Thoressa hyrie ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 77. (N: Lao Cao, Van Bang / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 12♂ (incl.photo).

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

Nan : 2♂.

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

Tak : 5♂ (incl.photo).

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

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

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

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

Xaignabouli : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forest at moderate elevations (Alt.1000m - 1600m).

Literature

de Nicéville, C.L.A,1891 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 6(3):341-398.

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Huang H.,1998 :
Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S.E.Tibet (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Neue Ent. Nachr. 41:207-264.

Huang H.,2011 :
Notes on the genus Thoressa Swinhoe,[1913] from China, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 42(1-4):193-200.


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

♂, Tak, Thailand.	♂, Tak, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2020.09.30.