Baoris pagana  (Nicéville, 1887)

Baoris pagana ♂ Up. Baoris pagana ♂ Un. Baoris pagana ♀ Up. Baoris pagana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Baoris pagana ♂ Up. Baoris pagana ♂ Un. Baoris pagana ♂ genitalia Baoris pagana ♂ genitalia
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Parnara pagana Nicéville, 1887
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):465-466, pl.40, fig.7,♂.
TL : Sikkim. (NZC)
Distribution : Nepal, India, Sikkim, Myanmar (Karens ; Dawnas),
N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo.
Baoris pagana map

Type Materials Information

1♂ 1♀ Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 4, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Baoris pagana ; Godfrey,1930 : 385. (Prae: Me Song forest; Bangkok)'
Baoris pagana ; Pinratana,1985 : 112, pl.38, figs.258,♂,♀(Un). (no loc.)
Baoris pagana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 840, pl.386, figs.H298,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂](Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Baoris pagana ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 106, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Baoris pagana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 906, pl.418, figs.H295,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)

[ LAOS ]
Baoris pagana ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, 5, figs.26,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phong Sali)
Baoris pagana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 225, pl.143, fig.♂. (Phong Saly)
Baoris pagana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.

[ VIETNAM ]
Baoris pagana ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 151. (Hoang Lien; Kon Plong)
Baoris pagana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (N / C)


Specimens Examined

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

Chiang Mai : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1100 - 1700m). Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,1887 : Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India,
with some Notes on the Seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):448-467, pls.39,40.


Baoris pagana ♂ Baoris pagana ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Lampang, Thailand.

2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.

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