Euchrysops cnejus
(Fabricius, 1798)
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♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♀, Satun, Thailand. |
ON :
Hesperia cnejus Fabricius, 1798
OD : Ent. syst. Suppl.: 420.
TL : "India orientali".
Distribution : Sri Lanka, Napal to Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobars, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan (Okinawa), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Aur, Singapore to New Guinea, New Ireland, Manus, N.E.Australia, Fiji, Samoa.
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Synonyms
(--- The taxon marked with an asterisk is cited from other literature and I have not been able to confirm the original description.)
Lycaena pandia Kollar, 1844 : In: Hügel, Kaschmir. 4(2)[1]: 418. TL. "Massuri, Himaleya" [Mussoorie, NW.India].
Lycaena patala Kollar, 1844 : In: Hügel, Kaschmir. 4(2)[1]: 419-420. TL. "Massuri, Himaleya" [Mussoorie, NW.India].
Lycaena monica Reakirt, 1866 : Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18: 244. TL. 'California'. (FMNH, photo examined.)
Lycaena samoa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 30(1-3): 73-74, pl.4, fig.18. TL. Samoa.
Catochrysops hapalina Butler, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2): 148-149, pl.24, figs.2,3. TL. "Mhow" [Mhow, C.India]. (NHML)
Catochrysops vitiensis Butler, 1883 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)12: 389. TL. "Viti Islands" [Viti Islands, Fiji].
Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)13: 194-195. TL. "Rat Island, Straits of Malacca" [Pulau Tikus, W.Malaysia].
Catochrysops theseus Swinhoe, 1885 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1): 131, pl.8, fig.8. TL. "Bombay" [Mumbai, India].
* "Euchrysops cnidus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 : Butt. Aust. : 100. TL. "Cape York" [Cape York, Australia]." (Cited from Bridges,1994)
Euchrysops suffusus Rothschild, 1915 : Novit. zool. 22: 137. TL. Bali, [Indonesia].
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Catochrysops cnejus ; Godfrey,1916 : 137.
Euchrysops cnejus ; Godfrey,1930 : 316. (Chiang Rai; Muak Lek; Bangkok)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 74, pl.13, figs.101,♀, 102,♀(Un). (Chieng Mai)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Pinratana,1981 : 54, pl.8, fig.9,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chonburi; Kanchanaburi; Phuket)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 34, fig.99,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 66, fig.76,♂. (Umphang)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47, fig.54,♀. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.(Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.05 ; accessed: 2024.06.03)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 572, pl.258, figs.L107[L108], ♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀. (Trat; Rangsit)
Eurochrysops cnejus cnejus ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,[♀](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.02.26)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 590, pl.268, figs.L133,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀. (Trat; Rangsit)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 195, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Bang Phra; Kanchanaburi; Kuwai Yai; Kam Puan; Tarutao Is)
Euchrysops cnejus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Pathum Thani; Sa Kaeo; Bangkok) (accessed: 2023.09.19)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 154, figs.Abb.L-154-157. (Phang Nga)
[ LAOS ]
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 74, pl.13, figs.101,♀, 102,#9792;(Un). (Thakhek)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 71, pl.101, figs.B3,♂,B4,♂(Un),B5,♀,B6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.110, fig.♀(Un). (Attapu)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Euchrysops cnejus ; Onodera,2022 : 78, pl.208, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). ('Luang Phabang' [Xiengkhouang: NamPhang]; Khammouan: Ban Lao)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Euchrysops cuejus cnejus ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Euchrysops cuejus ; Kosterin,2019 : 94. (Koh Kong)
Euchrysops cuejus cnejus ; Kosterin,2020 : 322. (Siem Reap)
Euchrysops cuejus cnejus ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Battambang; Koh Kong; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)
[ VIETNAM ]
Catochrysops cnejus ; Lemée,1950 : 19. (Backan)
Catochrysops cnejus ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Euchrysops cnejus ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 48, figs.2:21,♂,22,♂(Un),6:16(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Euchrysops cnejus ; Luong et al.,2004 : 10. (Cuc Phuong)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 56, figs.L-40,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Bin Thuan: Tha Cu; Ho Chi Minh)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Nihira,2009 : 100. (Phu Quoc)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 52. (N / C / S)
Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Coto)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♀.
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Chiang Mai : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
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Nan : 2♂ (photo by D.Sargeant).
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Phetchaburi : 1♂.
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Ranong : 1♀.
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Surat Thani (Koh Tao) : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by P.Kosierb).
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Trang : 1♀.
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Satun : 3♂ 2♀.
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Yala : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt.50 - 1130m).
Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Literature
Fabricius, J.C.,1798 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Supplemente : [iv] + 572 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.
Kollar, V.,1844 : In: Kollar, V. & L. Redtenbacher, Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherrn Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleyagebirge gesammelten Insecten.
In: Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek.
Stuttgart, Hallbergerische Verlagshandlung 4(2)[1]: [393]-564, [582]-[586], 28 pls.
Prittwitz, O.F.W.L.von,1867 : Lepidopterologisches.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 28(7-9): 257-277.
Reakirt, T.,1866 : Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18(3): 238-249.
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W.,1869 : Neue Schmetterlinge aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Erste Abtheilung: die Tagfalter.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 30(1-3): 65-80, pls.1-4.
Kirby, W.F.,1871 : A synonymic catalogue of the dirunal Lepidoptera.
London. Van Voorst 8vo : iii + vii + 690 pp.
Butler, A.G.,1883 : On a collection of Indian Lepidoptera received from Lieut-Colonel Charles Swinhoe; with numerous notes by the Collector.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24.
Butler, A.G.,1883 : Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from the Viti Islands.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)12: 389-391.
Butler, A.G.,1884 : The Lepidoptera collected during the recent Expedition of the H. M. S. 'Challenger.' - Part II.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)13: 183-203.
Swinhoe, C.,1885 : On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1): 124-148, pl.9.
Rothschild, L.W.,1915 : On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali and Misol.
Novit. zool. 22: 105-144, 209-227.
Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka, K.,1991 : Butterflies of Borneo. Vol.2, No.1. Lycaenidae.
Tobishima Corporation.
Bridges, C.A.,1994 : Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World.
Urbana, Ill, C.A. Bridges, c1994.
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