Hidari bhawani  Nicéville, [1889]

Hidari bhawani ♂ Up. Hidari bhawani ♂ Un. Hidari bhawani ♀ Up. Hidari bhawani ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
Hidari bhawani ♀ Up. Hidari bhawani ♀ Un.
♀, Kien Giang, Vietnam. (photo by E.Ikari)

ON : Hidari bhawani Nicéville, [1889]
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 57(4):291, pl.13, fig.6,♂.
TL : Arracan Coast, Burma. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar (Taungoo), Thailand,
Cambodia, S.Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia.
Hidari bhawani map

Type Material Information

♂ Type, Feb.1886. Aracan coast, Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 29, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Hidari bhawani ; Kimura,1997 : 40, pl.2, figs.35,♂,36,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 816, pl.375, figs.H237,♂,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 89. (by literature)
Hidari bhawani ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 876, pl.405, figs.H234,♂,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Hidari bhawani ; Saito & Inayoshi,2023b : 55, figs.6,♂,6v♂(Un),7,♀,7v,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Hidari bhawani ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Hidari bhawani ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1970 ; 9-10, figs.149,♂,150,♂(Un),textfig.47(♂,genitalia). (Trang Bom)
Hidari bhawani ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. (S: Dong Nai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Kien Giang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This taxon was known from only one record from Rayong, S.E.Thailand (20.Aug.1988, Bro. Prasit Chaiphuck) and was recently rediscovered in 2023 by Supat Sophonviwatkul in Nakhon Nayok and Chanthaburi. The butterfly is localised and uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). It seems to occur mainly in coastal areas. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,[1889] : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 57(4):273-293, pls.13,14.


Hidari bhawani ♂ Hidari bhawani ♀
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ♀, Kien Giang, Vietnam. (photo by E.Ikari)

2018.03.31 - 2023.09.30.

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