Pithauria murdava (Moore, 1866)
Pithauria murdava ♂ Up. Pithauria murdava ♂ Un. Pithauria murdava ♀ Up. Pithauria murdava ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Ismene murdava Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):784.
TL : "Darjeeling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China. 		Pithauria murdava map
Synonym

Hesperia weymeri Plötz, 1883 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):47. TL. Calcutta ['Kolukata, India']. (Published in synonymy)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pithauria murdava ; Godfrey,1930 : 379. (Chiang Rai: Phar Mieng)
Pithauria murdava ; Evans,1949 : 269. (Siam)
Pithauria murdava ; Pinratana,1985 : 57, pl.20, figs.114,♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Nayok)
Pithauria murdava ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 62-63, fig.15,♀. (Umphang: Tha Sai)
Pithauria murdava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 782, pl.359, figs.H139,♂,♂(Un),♂. (Phrae)
Pithauria murdava ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 60, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo; Thung Yai)
Pithauria murdava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 834, pl.385, figs.H136,♂,♂(Un),♂. (Phrae)
Pithauria murdava ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)

[ LAOS ]
Pithauria murdava ; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2, fig.22,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Namtha)
Pithauria murdava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.138, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nam Tha)
Pithauria murdava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Pithauria murdava ; Onodera,2022 : 114, pl.250, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pithauria murdava ; Metaye,1957 : 80. (no loc.)
Pithauria murdava ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 167. (Na Hang; Ba Be; Bach Ma)
Pithauria murdava ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma)
Pithauria murdava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 78. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Petchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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

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

Xaignabouri : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 400 - 1300m). Males come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

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

Plötz, C.,1883 : Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 44(1-3):26-64 ; 44(4-6):195-233.

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.

Pithauria murdava ♂
♂, Loei, Thailand.
1999.09.04 - 2025.01.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.