Zizina otis otis  (Fabricius, 1787)

Zizina otis otis ♂ Up. Zizina otis otis ♂ Un. Zizina otis otis ♀ Up. Zizina otis otis ♀ Un.
♂, Bangkok, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Zizina otis otis ♂ Up. Zizina otis otis ♂ Un. Zizina otis otis ♀ Up. Zizina otis otis ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Bolikhamxai, Laos.
Zizina otis otis ♂ Up. Zizina otis otis ♂ Un. Zizina otis otis ♀ Up. Zizina otis otis ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Zizina otis otis ♂ Up. Zizina otis otis ♂ Un. Zizina otis otis ♂ Up. Zizina otis otis ♂ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

ON : Papilio otis Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:73-74.
TL : China.
Distribution : Nepal, N.India, Andaman, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sichuan, Guangxi,
Hainan, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore,
Borneo, Philippines, Guam, Palau, Moen Is., Bangka,
Zizina otis otis map

Synonyms

Polyommauts sangra Moore, [1866] : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):772, pl.41, fig.8. TL. Bengal.
Zizera oriens Butler, 1883 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)11(66):417-418. TL. Pasananca valley, Mindanao.
Zizeeria otis lampa Corbet, 1940 : Entomologist 83:41. TL. Singapore ; Malacca.


Type Materials Information

lampa ; Type, ♂, Jan.1930. Singapore. W.H.Evans ; Type, ♀, Malacca.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zizina otis ; Godfrey,1916 : 135.
Zizina otis ; Pendlebury,1923 : 44. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River; Wat Kiriwong)
Zizera otis ; Godfrey,1930 : 319. (Thailand)
Zizina otis ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Zizina otis otis ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 85-87, pl.17, figs.127,♂, 128,♂(Un), Textfig.44,♂genitalia. (Bangkok; Hin Kang; Nakon Nayok; Li; Kasetsar; Chieng Mai; Doi Inthanon; Pon Makampon)
Zizina otis otis ; Kawazoé,1964 : 152. (N: Ban Tak; P: Kaper)
Zizina otis sangra ; Pinratana,1981 : 50, pl.7, figs.26,♂,27,♂(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Ratchaburi)
Zizina otis lampa ; Pinratana,1981 : 50, pl.7. not fig. (P)
Zizina otis sangra ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 34, fig.96,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Zizina otis sangra ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 66, fig.72,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai; Umphang)
Zizina otis sangra ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47, fig.51,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Zizina otis sangra ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568, pl.257, figs.L99a♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀(Un),♀. (Bangkok)
Zizina otis lampa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568, pl.257, figs.L99b♀,♀(Un). (Song Khla; Khao Phanon Bencha)
Zizina otis lampa ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Zizina otis sangra ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 588, pl.266, figs.L124a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Bangkok)
Zizina otis lampa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 588, pl.266, figs.L124b♂,♀(Un),♀. (Songkhla; Khao Phanon Bencha)
Zizina otis sangra ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 180, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Ang Khang; Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao Village; Phu Khiewo; Thoen; Nakohn Nayok; Bang Phra; Bangkok; Doi Musso; Kaeng Chai; Bang Pain; Kanchanaburi; Wang Keo)
Zizina otis lampa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 180, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ban Tung Tong; Sonkhala; Than To WF.)
Zizina otis sangra ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
Zizina otis otis ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 151, figs.Abb.L-127-134. (Phang Nga)
Zizina otis otis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Bangkok; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.09.18)

[ LAOS ]
Zizina otis sangra ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 70, pl.100, figs.B5,♂,B6,♂(Un),B7,♀,B8,♀(Un). (Vientiane; TT; Luang Prabang; Phatong)
Zizina otis sangra ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.108, figs.♂(dsf),♀(dsf)♂,♂(Un). (Lak Sao)
Zizina otis sangra ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 46. (Namdhua; Thakhek)
Zizina otis sangra ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51.
Zizina otis sangra ; Onodera,2022 : 74, pl.206, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng; Khammouan: Natung)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Zizina otis ; Onodera,2007 : 22, fig.80,♂. (Rattanakiri: Poy)
Zizina otis ; Onodera,2008 : 56. (Mondolkiri: Leu)
Zizina otis sangara ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Zizina otis sangara ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Phnom Penh; Preah Sihanouk; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Zizina otis otis ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Zizina otis indica ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Zizina otis sangra ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 48, figs.2:15,♂,16,♂(Un),6:14(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Zizina otis ; Vu,2003 : 58. (Phu Quoc)
Zizina otis sangara ; Luong et al.,2004 : 9, 75, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Zizina otis ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Zizina otis sangra ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 52, figs.L-19,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Madagui; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien; Ho Chi Minh; Phu Quoc)
Zizina otis sangra ; Nihira,2009 : 100. (Phu Quoc)
Zizina otis sangra ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 51. (N / C / S)
Zizina otis sangara ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Coto; Nui Ket)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 6♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bangkok : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 2♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao ; Koh Phangan) : 6♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by P.Kosierb, A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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

Champasak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Moore, F.,[1866] : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3):755-822, 3 pls.

Butler, A.G.,1883 : The Lepidoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. "Challenger."
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)11(66):402-428.

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : Revisional notes on Malayan Rhopalocera.
Entomologist 73:39-43.

Yago, M., Hirai, N., Kondo, M., Tanikawa, T., Ishii, M., Wang, M., Williams, M. & Ueshima, R.,2008 :
Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Zootaxa 1746:15-38.


Zizina otis otis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Zizina otis otis ♂ Zizina otis otis ♂
♂, ♀+♂ (mating), Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.04 - 2023.09.30.

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