Caltoris cormasa  (Hewitson, 1876)

Caltoris cormasa ♂ Up. Caltoris cormasa ♂ Un. Caltoris cormasa ♀ Up. Caltoris cormasa ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Caltoris cormasa ♂ Up. Caltoris cormasa ♂ Un. Caltoris cormasa ♂ Up. Caltoris cormasa ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.
Caltoris cormasa ♂ Up. Caltoris cormasa ♂ Un. Caltoris cormasa ♂ genitalia Caltoris cormasa ♂ genitalia
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia cormasa Hewitson, 1876
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:457.
TL : Borneo. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, W.Malaysia, Singapore,
Sumatra, Banka, Nias, Batoe, Java, Borneo,
Philippines.
Caltoris cormasa map

Synonyms

Pamphila dravida Mabille, 1878 : Petites Nouv. ent. 2(199):242. TL. India. (♂, NHML)
Hesperia moolata Moore, 1879 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):843. TL. Ahsown, Moolai to Moolat, Tenasserim. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Baoris cormasa ; Godfrey,1930 : 386. (Bangkok)'
Caltoris cormasa ; Evans,1949 : 454. (Siam)
Caltoris cormasa ; Pinratana,1985 : 114, pl.39, fig.264,♂. ('Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi;' Trang)
Caltoris cormasa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 844, pl.388, figs.H305,♂,♂(Un). ('Chiang Mai')
'Caltoris cormasa ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.11.13)'
Caltoris cormasa ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 107, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Caltoris cormasa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 908, pl.420, figs.H302,♂,♂(Un). ('Chiang Mai')
Caltoris confusa ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 136, figs.Abb.H-299-300. (Phang Nga)
Caltoris cormasa ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 136-137, figs.Abb.H-301-303. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Caltoris cormasa ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 85, pl.118, figs.A9,♂,A10,♂(Un). (Pakse)
Caltoris cormasa ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 226. (list only)
Caltoris cormasa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Caltoris cormasa ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126, fig.9I[♂](Un). (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Parnara moolata ; Seitz,1927 : 1085. (Tonkin)
Caltoris cormasa ; Evans,1949 : 454. (Tonkin)
Parnara moolata ; Metaye,1957 : 80. (N)
Caltoris cormasa ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 179. (Ba Na)
Caltoris cormasa ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 131. (S: Cat Tien; Saigon; U Minh Thuong)
Caltoris cormasa ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 46. (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma)
Caltoris cormasa ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-128,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Caltoris cormasa ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 41, fig.H-128,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Caltoris cormasa ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 43. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1876 : Descriptions of twenty five new species of Hesperidae from his own collection.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:449-457.

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Mabille, P.,1878 : Descriptions de Lepidopteres nouveaux du groupe des Hesperides (55-60).
Petites Nouv. ent. 2(199):242.


2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.

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