Erionota sybirita

Erionota sybirita (Hewitson, 1876)


♂ (bred), Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♀ (bred), Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by R.Jennarongsak)

♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia sybirita Hewitson, 1876
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:451.
TL : Singapore. (NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar (Dawei), Thailand, Vietnam, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo, Palawan.

Synonym

Erionota mabillei Staudinger, 1889 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):135-136, pl.2, fig.5,♂. TL. Palawan.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Gangara sybrita ; Godfrey,1932a : 275. (Trang: Ko Libong)
Gangara sybrita ; Godfrey,1932b : 331. (Trang: Ko Libong)
Erionota sybirita ; Evans,1949 : 329. (Siam)
Erionota sybirita ; Pinratana,1985 : 88, pl.30, figs.190,♀,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi; Trang)
Erionota sybirita ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 808, pl.371, figs.H222,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Chanthaburi)
Erionota sybirita ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 85, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kratching WF; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Erionota sybirita ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 868, pl.401, figs.H220,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ranong)
Erionota sybirita ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 114, figs.Abb.H-010-012 (larvae). (Phang Nga)
Erionota sybirita ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Sa Kaeo; Chanthaburi; Trat) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

[ VIETNAM ]
Erionota sybirita ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 127. (S: Cat Tien)
Erionota sybirita ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Erionota sybirita ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 81. (S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 1♀.

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

Chanthaburi : 2♂.

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

Ranong : 2♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 550m).

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1876 : Descriptions of twenty five new species of Hesperidae from his own collection.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:449-457.

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidopteren der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pls.1,2.

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.

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.