Halpe sikkima  Moore, 1882

Halpe sikkima ♂ Up. Halpe sikkima ♂ Un. Halpe sikkima ♀ Up. Halpe sikkima ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Halpe sikkima ♂ Up. Halpe sikkima ♂ Un. Halpe sikkima ♂ Up. Halpe sikkima ♂ Un.
♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera) ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudii)
Halpe sikkima ♂ Up. Halpe sikkima ♂ Un. Halpe sikkima ♂ genitalia Halpe sikkima ♂ genitalia
♂, Loei, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Halpe sikkima Moore, 1882
OD : in Elwes, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882(3):407.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, Hainan, China, W.Malaysia, Borneo,
Sumatra, Java.
Halpe sikkima map

Synonym

Halpe selangora Swinhoe, 1913 : in Moore, Lep. Ind. 10:283-284. TL. Selangor, Malaysia. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Halpe sikkima sikkima ; Godfrey,1930 : 380. ('Chonburi: Sriracha; Bangkok;' W: Klong Pong Kapo)
Halpe sikkima ; Evans,1949 : 260. (P)
Halpe sikkima ; Pinratana,1985 : 55, pl.19, figs.104,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Halpe sikkima ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 776, pl.356, figs.H123,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phrae)
Halpe sikkima ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 57, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khun Lao Villege; Muang Shone)
Halpe sikkima ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 828, pl.382, figs.H120,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phrae)

[ LAOS ]
Halpe sikkima ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 7, fig.51,♂,♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Halpe sikkima ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, fig.♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Halpe sikkima ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Halpe sikkima ; Onodera,2022 : 112, pl.250, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Xiengkhoung: Muang Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Halpe sikkima ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 166. (Ba Be)
Halpe sikkima ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 77. (N: Bac Can)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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

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


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1000m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The records from Chonburi and Bangkok by Godfrey,1930 are doubtful. These are on hold until a reliable specimen is confirmed.


Literature

Elwes, H.J.,1882 : On a collection of Butterflies from Sikkim.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882(3):398-407, pl.25.

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.


Halpe sikkima ♂ Halpe sikkima ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Halpe sikkima ♂
♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.