Borbo cinnara  (Wallace, 1866)

Borbo cinnara ♂ Up. Borbo cinnara ♂ Un. Borbo cinnara ♀ Up. Borbo cinnara ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Borbo cinnara ♂ Up. Borbo cinnara ♂ Un. Borbo cinnara ♀ Up. Borbo cinnara ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Borbo cinnara ♂ Up. Borbo cinnara ♂ Un. Borbo cinnara ♀ Up. Borbo cinnara ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia cinnara Wallace, 1866
OD : in Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866(2):361.
TL : Formosa. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Andamans,
Nicobars, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, Taiwan,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra, Nias, Banka,
Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sula, Moluccas, New Guinea,
Bismarcks, Admiralty, Solomons, N.Australia.
Borbo cinnara map

Synonyms

Hesperia colaca Moore, 1877 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):594, pl.58, fig.7. TL. Andamans. (♂, NHML)
Parnara cingala Moore, [1881] : Lep. Ceylon 1(4):167, pl.70, figs.3a,3b. TL. Ceylon. (♂, NHML)
Hesperia karsana var.saturata Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1882 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 51(1):19. TL. Nicobars. (♂)
Hesperia urejus Plötz, 1885 : Berl. ent. Z. 29:226. TL. Aru. (♂)
Hesperia saruna Plötz, 1885 : Berl. ent. Z. 29:227. TL. Indien. (♀)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Baoris zelleri colaca ; Godfrey,1930 : 387. (Chiang Rai)
Borbo cinnara ; Evans,1949 : 437. (Siam)
Borbo cinnara ; Kawazoé,1964 : 139-140, pl.5, figs.33,♂,34,♂(Un),Textfig.12,♂genitalia. (N: Ping Kong)
Borbo cinnara ; Pinratana,1985 : 107, pl.36, fig.243,♂. (Lampang; Nakhon Nayok; Bangkok; Ratchaburi; Chonburi; Yala)
Borbo cinnara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 834, pl.384, figs.H283,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Trat)
Parnara bada ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.11.13)
Borbo cinnara ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♀],[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.11.13)
Borbo cinnara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 101, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Phu Kradung; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Kao Soi Dao; Kratchin WF; Mae Sohd; Ratchaburi; Kaeng Krachan; Kam Puan; Ka Chong; Sonkhla; Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Boro cinnara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 898, pl.415, figs.H280,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Trat)
Boro cinnara ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 131-132, figs.Abb.H-277-278. (Phang Nga)
Borbo cinnara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2017- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chachoengsao; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Borbo cinnara ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 84, pl.117, figs.A9,♂,A10,♂(Un).(Nam Moh; Pakse; Luang Prabang; Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Borbo cinnara ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.143, fig.♂. (Lak Sao)
Borbo cinnara ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua)
Borbo cinnara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Borbo cinnara ; Onodera,2022 : 123, pl.260, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Paxan; Khammouan: Thakhek)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Borbo cinnara ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Borbo cinnara ; Pinratana,1985 ; Evans,1949 : 437. (Annam)
Borbo cinnara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 177. (Hanoi; Ba Be)
Borbo cinnara ; Devyatkin,2000 : 203. (S: Ho Chi Minh)
Borbo cinnara ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15, 91, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Borbo cinnara ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, figs.H-116,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Madagui; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Borbo cinnara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (N / C / S)
Borbo cinnara ; Saito et al.,2017 : 76. (S: Nui Cam)


Specimens Examined

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

Chiang Rai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 6♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chachoengsao : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in sencondary and montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt.10m - 1000m). Both sexes visit flowers


Literature

Wallace, A.R. & Moore, F.,1866 : List of Lepidopterous Insects collected at Takow, Formosa, by Mr. Robert Swinhoe.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866(2):355-365.

Moore, F.,1877 : The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):580-632, pl.58-60.

Moore, F.,1880-1881 : Lepidoptera of Ceylon. vol.1.
London, L.Reeve and Co. 1:[viii]+190ppm 71 pls.

Wood-Mason, J. & Nicéville, L. de,1882 : Second List of diurnal Lepidoptera inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 51(1):14-20.

Plötz, C.,1885 : Neue Hesperiden des Indischen Archipels und Ost Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H.Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C.Ribbe auf Celebes, Java und den Aru-Inseln; Kunstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kuhn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon.
Berl. enz. Z. 29:225-232.


Borbo cinnara ♂ Borbo cinnara ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.07.31 - 2024.06.30.

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