Caltoris kumara moorei  (Evans, 1926)

Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Up. Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Un. Caltoris kumara moorei ♀ Up. Caltoris kumara moorei ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Up. Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Un. Caltoris kumara moorei ♀ Up. Caltoris kumara moorei ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Up. Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ Un. Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ genitalia Caltoris kumara moorei ♂ genitalia
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Baoris kumara moorei Evans, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):634.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan.
Caltoris kumara moorei map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Pinratana,1985 : 114, not fig. (no loc.)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Kimura,1997 ; 42, pl.4, figs.77,♂,78,♂(Un). (Ranong: Muang Shone)
Caltoris malaya ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 844, pl.388, figs.H307,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep; Muang Shone)
Caltoris malaya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 908, pl.420, figs.H304,♂,♂(Un). (in part)

[ LAOS ]
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, fig.28,♂,♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 226, pl.143, fig.♂. (Xiang Khouang)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Onodera,2022 : 125, pl.262, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xaisomboun: Nam Phang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 179. (Ba Be)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15. (Cuc Phuong)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, figs.H-129,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Caltoris kumara moorei ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 85. (N / C: to Kon Tum)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 4♂ 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). Both sexes visit flowers.
This species can only be distinguished by examination of the male genitalia.


Literature

Evans, W.H.,1926 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9-11).
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(1):49-83, pl.30 ; (2):427-446, pl.31 ; (3):615-637, pl.32.

Huang, H.,2011 : Notes on the genus Caltoris Swinhoe1893 and Baoris Moore,[1881] from China (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 42(1-4):201-220.


2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.

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