Libythea narina rohini  Marshall, [1881]

Libythea narina rohini ♂ Up. Libythea narina rohini ♂ Un. Libythea narina rohini ♀ Up. Libythea narina rohini ♀ Un.
♂, Champasak, Laos. ♀, Champasak, Laos.
Libythea narina rohini ♂ Up. Libythea narina rohini ♂ Un. Libythea narina rohini ♂ Up. Libythea narina rohini ♂ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Libythea rohini Marshall, [1881]
OD : in Marshall & Nicéville, J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 49(4):248.
TL : Khasi Hills.
Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Langkawi.
Libythea narina rohini map

Synonym

Libythea libera Nicéville,1890 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5(3):207-208, pl.D, fig.6,♂. TL. Burma.


Type Materials Information

rohini ; Types 1♂ 1♀, Shillong. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 226, fig.♂,♂(Un), pl.227, figs.♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Libythea rohini ; Godfrey,1916 : 133. (Huey Me Pradone)
Libythea narina rohini ; Godfrey,1930 : 304. (Prae: Me Song forest; Pak Jong; Sriracha; Petchaburi River)
Libythea narina rohini f.libera ; Godfrey,1930 : 304. (Petchaburi River)
Libythea narina rohini ; Pinratana,1988 : 38, pl.42, fig.3,♂. (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi; Petchaburi)
Libythea narina rohini ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 31, fig.86♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Libythea narina rohini ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 52. (Mukdahan: Phu Huai Sing)
Libythea narina rohini ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 500, pl.225, figs.Li3,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Kanchanaburi; Ratchaburi; Phu Khieo)
Libythea narina rohini ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 514, pl.230, figs.N400,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un),♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Ratchaburi; Phu Khieo)
Libythea narina rohini ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Libythea narina ; Kawahara,2013 : 41-42. (Khoo Sol Dao [Khao Soi Dao]; Khlong Klang; Pak Jong; Ratchaburi; Mueklek; Prachuap; Prayao; Petchaburi; Pang Yao)
Libythea narina rohini ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Sa Kaeo; Chachoengsao; Nakhon Ratchasima; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.03.21)
Libythea narina rohini ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 24, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Sarika; Nakohn Nayok; Kao Soi Dao; Erawan WF; Kaeng Krachan; Hua Hin)
Libythea narina rohini ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Libythea narina rohini ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 67, pl.95, figs.1♂,2♂(Un). (Luang Prabang; Pakse; Tha Dua)
Libythea narina rohini ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.103, fig.♂. (Attapu)
Libythea narina rohini ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Libythea narina rohini ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Libythea narina rohini ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 119. (Pursat; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Libythea narina rohini ; Metaye,1957 : 92.
Libythea narina rohini ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 34, fig.Li-1,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Libythea narina ; Kawahara,2013 : 41-42. (10 mi from Cochin-China-Annam Border; Patadala)
Libythea narina rohini ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (C / S)
Libythea narina rohini ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):36-37, pl.1, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un). (C: Phong Dien; Bi Doup/Nui Ba; Chu Yang Sin / S: Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Lampang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 4♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally and seasonally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 1200m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Kawahara,2013 synonymized all taxa with the nominotypical subspecies. However, I consider some taxa to be good subspecies. Therefore, I tentatively follow the conventional classification.


Literature

Marshall, G.F.L. & Nicéville, L. de.,[1881] : Some new Species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 49(4):245-248.

Nicéville, L. de.,1890 :
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian region, with description of three New genera of Hesperidae.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 5(3):199-225, pls.D,E.

Kawahara, A.Y.,2013 : Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae)
Zootaxa 3631(1):1-74.


Libythea narina rohini ♂ Libythea narina rohini ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

2007.03.10 - 2023.03.31.

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