Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876)

Scobura cephala ♂ Up. Scobura cephala ♂ Un. Scobura cephala ♀ Up. Scobura cephala ♀ Un.
♂, 1994.11.26. Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Scobura cephala ♂ Up. Scobura cephala ♂ Un. Scobura cephala ♂ genitalia Scobura cephala ♂ genitalia
♂, 1983.03.19. Ranong, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia cephala Hewitson, 1876
OD : Ent. mon. Mag. 13:152.
TL : "Darjeeling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, W.Malaysia.
Scobura cephala map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Scobura cephala ; Godfrey,1930 : 370. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Rai)'
Scobura cephala ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 40, figs.138,♂,♂(Un). (Kaeng Krachan; Ranong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Scobura cephala ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 170. (Vu Quang)
Scobura cephala ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 79. (N / C)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi, K.Yano & T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂ ; Suk Samran dist.
1983.03.19. 1♂, Y.Inayoshi (YI). ; 1994.11.26. 1♂, S.Ruangrit (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The record of Godfrey (1930) should be Scobura isota. This is the first reliable record from Thailand.
The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m).


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1876 : Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian Lepidoptera, with Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera.
Ent. mon. Mag. 13:149-152.

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.

Chiba, H. & Tsukiyama, H.,2010 : Scobura cephala (Hewitson,1876), a newly recorded skipper from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Tyô to Ga 60(4):252-254.


Scobura cephala ♂ Scobura cephala ♂
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano) ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2025.01.31.

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