Scobura isota  (Swinhoe, 1893)

Scobura isota ♂ Up. Scobura isota ♂ Un. Scobura isota ♀ Up. Scobura isota ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Scobura isota ♂ Up. Scobura isota ♂ Un. Scobura isota ♀ Up. Scobura isota ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Scobura isota ♂ Up. Scobura isota ♂ Un. Scobura isota ♀ Up. Scobura isota ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Ranong, Thailand.
Scobura isota ♂ Up. Scobura isota ♂ Un. Scobura isota ♂ genitalia Scobura isota ♂ genitalia
♂ (wsf), Tak, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Isma isota Swinhoe, 1893
OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):320.
TL : Shillong, Assam. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.
Scobura isota map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Scobura isota ; Evans,1949 : 294. (Siam)
Scobura cephala ; Pinratana,1985 : 68, pl.23, fig.138,♂. (Chanthaburi; Nakhon Nayok)
Scobura isota ; Pinratana,1985 : 68, pl.23, figs.139,♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Ranong)
Scobura isota ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 12, fig.19,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Huay Sing; Nam Tok Tad Ton; Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum)
Scobura isota ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 44. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak; Nam Tok Tad Ton)
Scobura isota ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 64, fig.22,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai; Umphang)
Scobura isota ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 44, fig.15,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Scobura cephala ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 790, pl.363, figs.H164,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Scobura isota ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 790, pl.363, figs.H165,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Scobura cephala ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 69, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Charn Phui; Nakohn Nayok; Kao Saverb; Kratching WF; Kao Chamaoh; Sai York Noi; Kaper WF)
Scobura isota ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 70, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep; Than To WF.)
Scobura cephala ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 844, pl.390, figs.H160,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Scobura isota ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 844, pl.390, figs.H161,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Scobura isota ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Scobura isota ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Chanthaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.08.04)
Scobura isota ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 102, figs.Abb.H-171-172. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Scobura isota ssp. ; Masui & Uehara,1995 ; 5, pl.2, fig.14,♂. (Saravan)
Scobura isota ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.140, figs.♂(Un),♀(Un). (Thabok; Phong Si)
Scobura isota ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Thabeng)
Scobura isota ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Scobura isota ; Onodera,2022 : 116, pl.253, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Phongsali: Muang Mai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Scobura isota ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.7I. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Scobura isota ; Evans,1949 : 294. (Tonkin)
Scobura isota ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 170. (Ba Be; Vu Quang)
Scobura isota ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 124. (S: Cat Tien)
Scobura isota ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 11, fig.H-74,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Scobura isota ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 79. (N / C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 7♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 7♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 30 - 1700m). Males are territorial on undergrowth.


Literature

Swinhoe, C.,1893 : A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part 1.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 41(3):267-330.


Scobura isota ♂ Scobura isota ♂
♂ (territorial behavior, wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.
Scobura isota ♂ Scobura isota ♀ + ♂
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ + ♂ (mating), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Scobura isota ♂
♂ (territorial behavior, dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2023.08.31.

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