Matapa sasivarna  (Moore, 1866)

Matapa sasivarna ♂ Up. Matapa sasivarna ♂ Un. Matapa sasivarna ♀ Up. Matapa sasivarna ♀ Un.
♂, Phrae, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Matapa sasivarna ♂ Up. Matapa sasivarna ♂ Un. Matapa sasivarna ♀ Up. Matapa sasivarna ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Ismene sasivarna Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):784-785.
TL : Bengal. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan, Hainan, W.Malaysia,
Sumatra.
Matapa sasivarna map

Synonym

Metapa [sic] pseudosasivarna Lee, 1962 : Acta Ent. Sin. 11(2):142, figs.41,42(♂genitalia). TL. Yunnan (♂).


Type Material Information

pseudosasivarna : Holotype ♂, 1957.iv.4. Yunnan.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Matapa sasivarna ; Godfrey,1930 : 374. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Matapa sasivarna ; Pinratana,1985 : 90, pl.30, fig.197,♂. (Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Ranong; Trang)
Matapa sasivarna ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 64, fig.26,♂. (Umphang)
Matapa cresta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 812, pl.373, figs.H229,♂,♂(Un). (Krabi)
Matapa sasivarna ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 812, pl.373, figs.H230,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok)
Matapa sasivarna ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 87, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Yai; Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Matapa cresta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 872, pl.403, figs.H226,♂,♂(Un). (Krabi)
Matapa sasivarna ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 872, pl.403, figs.H227,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok)
Matapa sasivarna ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chumphon) (accessed: 2024.06.18)
Matapa cresta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 115-116, fig.Abb.H-214. (Phang Nga)
Matapa sasivarna ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 116, fig.Abb.H-216. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Matapa sasivarna ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 83. not fig. (Vientiane)
Matapa sasivarna ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.141, figs.♂. (Lak Sao)
Matapa sasivarna ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Matapa sasivarna ; Onodera,2022 : 119, pl.256, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Luang Phabang)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Matapa sasivarna ; Kosterin,2019 : 102, figs.72,♂(Un),73,♂. (Koh Kong)
Matapa sasivarna ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Matapa sasivarna ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1970 ; 7-8, figs.146,♀(Un). (Trang Bom)
Matapa sasivarna ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 172. (Tam Dao; Bach Ma)
Matapa sasivarna ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15, 90, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Matapa sasivarna ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 45. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien)
Matapa sasivarna ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 14, figs.H-93,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Matapa sasivarna ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 81. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 6♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ 5♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 2♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m).


Literature

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Lee, C.L.,1962 : Some new species of Rhopalocera in China 2.
Acta Ent. Sin. 11(2):139-148, 6 pls.

de Jong, R.,1983 ; Revision of the Orientali Genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic history
Zool. Meded. 57(21):243-270.

Fan, X-L., Chiba, H. & Wang, M.,2013 : The Genus Matapa (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) from China with description of a New species.
Florida Entomologist 96(4):1257-1262.


Matapa sasivarna ♂ Matapa sasivarna ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2024.06.30.

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