Celastrina hersilia sudjaii  Saito & Inayoshi, 2018

Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Up. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Un. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♀ Up. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Holotype ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paratype
Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Up. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Un. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Up. Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paratype ♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)
Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ genitalia Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Celastrina hersilia sudjaii Saito & Inayoshi, 2018
OD : Butterflies 79:34, figs.60(HT,♂),61(PT,♀).
TL : Doi Pomeun, Chiang Mai, N.Thailand. (♂, RIEB)
Distribution : N.Thailand, Laos.
Celastrina hersilia sudjaii map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 25.Feb.2013. Doi Pomeun, Chiang Mai, N.Thailand. P.Sukkit. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes : Same locality as Holotype. 8♂ 1♀ (NHML ; THNHM ; in coll. K.Saito ; Y.Inayoshi, examined.)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ; Onodera,2022 : 76, pl.207, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xieng Khouang: Phou Samsoum)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 12♂ 1♀ (incl.type series and photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : Phou Samsoum. 2018.03.30. 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 1600 - 2200m) and to have a single generation per year. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
A male specimen was caught in Xieng Khouang, Laos by Hiroaki Onodera and is the first record from Laos. It seems to belong to this taxon.
In Saito & Inayoshi,2018, the specimen illustrated as Celastrina hersilia evansi is a misidentification of the close species Celastrina sugitanii lenzeni.


Literature

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2018 : New Taxa and new records of butterflies from Indochina.
Butterflies 79:28-57.


Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂ Celastrina hersilia sudjaii ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2020.12.31 - 2024.02.29.

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