Ancistroides clavata theba  (Evans, 1949)

Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Up. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Un. Ancistroides clavata theba ♀ Up. Ancistroides clavata theba ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Up. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Un. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Up. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Up. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ Un. Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ genitalia Ancistroides clavata theba ♂ genitalia
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Notocrypta clavata theba Evans, 1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Brit. Mus : 285.
TL : Burma. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia (Kedah).
● ssp.theba
ssp.clavata
Ancistroides clavata theba map

Type Material Information

Type ♂, E.Dawnas. 500 ft. 1921.Jan.15. W.H.Evans. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Notocrypta paralysos devadatta ; Godfrey,1930 : 372-373. (Prae: Me Song forest; Muak Lek; Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Evans,1949 : 285. (Siam)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Pinratana,1985 : 64, pl.21, fig.130 ; pl.222, fig.130,♀. (as N.clavata ssp.) (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 44, fig.13,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 786, pl.361, figs.H156a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 66, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Thung Saleng Luang; Nam Nao; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Sarika; Kao Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Pliewn WF; Kam Puang; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 840, pl.388, figs.H152a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Notocrypta clavata clavata ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 97-98, figs.Abb.H-157-160,162. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Notocrypta clavata ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 82, not fig. (Vang Vieng)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.139, figs.♂,♀. (Thateng)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Onodera,2022 : 115, pl.252, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Khammouan: Nahin)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.7G. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1967 ; 1-2, figs.101,♂,102,♂(Un). (Col de Blao)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 169. (Ba Be; Na Hang; Cuc Phuong; Vu Quang; Ba Na; Bach Ma; Buon Luoi)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 63, figs.3:12,♂,13,♀,14,♀(Un), 5:26(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Luong et al.,2004 : 14, 88, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Notocrypta clavata ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Phong Dien; Bach Ma)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 11, fig.H-69,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Notocrypta clavata theba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 79. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 10♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phang Nga : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers.
Zhang et al. (2022:40) suggested that the genus Notocrypta should be treated as a subgenus of the genus Ancistroides based on molecular analysis.


Literature

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.

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


Ancistroides clavata theba ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.08.31.

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