Scobura cephala

Scobura cephala (Hewitson,1876)


♂, 1994.11.26. Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, 1983.03.19. Ranong, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia cephala Hewitson,1876
OD : Ent. mon. Mag. 13:152.
TL : Darjeeling. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
[ Scobura cephala ; Godfrey,1930 : 370. (Prae: Me Song forest / Chiang Rai) ]
[ Scobura cephala ; Pinratana,1985 : 68, pl.23, fig.138. (Chanthaburi / Nakhon Nayok) ]

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

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : Thong Pha Phum dist. 1♂.

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

Phetchaburi : Kaeng Krachan dist. 1♂ (photo).
Phetchaburi : Kaeng Krachan dist. 2013.02.24. 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi, K.Yano & T.Aoyama).

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

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

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

Yala : Betong dist. 1☿.

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

Notes
The record of Godfrey,1930 and Pinratana,1985 should be Scobura isota. This is the first reliable record from Thailand.

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.

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


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

1999.09.11 - 2018.05.31.