Ochlodes brahma  (Moore, 1878)

Ochlodes brahma ♂ Up. Ochlodes brahma ♂ Un. Ochlodes brahma ♂ Up. Ochlodes brahma ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Pamphila brahma Moore, 1878
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):691-692, pl.45, fig.8,♂.
TL : Masuri, N.W.Himalaya. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Chin Hills,
Tibet, Myanmar (Dawnas), N.Thailand, Vietnam.
Ochlodes brahma map

Synonym

Ochlodes brahma rama Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 408. TL. Sikkim. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ochlodes brahma ; Pinratana,1985 : 95, pl.33, figs.209,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Ochlodes brahma ; Chiba & Tsukiyama,1996 : 8, pl.2, fig.21,♂, pl.3, fig.3,♀. (Chiang Mai: Doi Chiang Dao; 'Doi Inthanong' [Doi Inthanon])
Ochlodes brahma ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 822, pl.378, figs.H244,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Ochlodes brahma ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 91, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon)
Ochlodes brahma ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 880, pl.408, figs.H241,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Ochlodes brahma ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.09.16)

[ VIETNAM ]
Augiades brahma ; Metaye,1957 : 79. (no loc.)
Ochlodes brahma ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 173. (by Metaye,1957)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 550 - 2500m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Moore, F.,1878 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):686-695, pl.45.

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Chiba, H. & Tsukiyama, H.,1996 :
A review of the genus Ochlodes Scudeer,1872, with special reference to the Eurasian species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Butterflies 14:3-16.


Ochlodes brahma ♂ Ochlodes brahma ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.04.30 - 2023.10.31.

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