Catochrysops strabo strabo  (Fabricius, 1793)

Catochrysops strabo strabo ♂ Up. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♂ Un. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♀ Up. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Catochrysops strabo strabo ♂ Up. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♂ Un. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♀ Up. Catochrysops strabo strabo ♀ Un.
♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia strabo Fabricius, 1793
OD : Ent. syst. 3(1):287.
TL : India orientali.
Distribution : Sri Lanka, India to Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong,
S.China, Andamans, Nicobars, Langkawi,
W.Malaysia. Tioman, Singapore.
Catochrysops strabo strabo map

Synonyms

Lycaena tejua Reakirt, 1866 : Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18:245. TL. 'California' (Strecker Coll.)
Catochrysops strabo riama Corbet, 1938 : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2):250-251. TL. Singapore (♂, NHML).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Catochrysops strabo ; Godfrey,1916 : 137.
Catochrysops strabo ; Pendlebury,1923 : 44. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River ; Lan Saka)
Catochrysops strabo ; Godfrey,1930 : 320. (Chiang Rai; Pak Jong; Chonburi: Sriracha; Bangranra)
Catochrysops strabo ; Godfrey,1932a : 271. (P)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 73-74, pl.13, figs.97,♂,98,♂(Un),99,♀,100,♀(Un), Textfig.36,♂genitalia. (Li; Chieng Mai; Doi Inthanon)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Kawazoé,1964 : 153. (Chieng Mai; Ping Kong; Tham Kleap; Ban Tak; Chum Phon)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Pinratana,1981 : 54, pl.8, figs.11,♂,12,♀,13,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chiang Mai; Kanchanaburi; Lampang; Mae Hong Son; Nakhon Ratchasima; Ratchaburi; Tak)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 572, pl.259, figs.L109, ♂.♂,♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Chiang Dao)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,['♀'](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.02.26)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 592, pl.268, figs.L134,♂,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Chiang Dao)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 177, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo; Bang Phra; Mae Sohd; Doi Musso; Sai York Noi; Kanchanaburi; Hua Hin; Khlong Naka)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Ratchaburi; Pathum Thani; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2021.02.26)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 154-155, figs.Abb.L-162-165. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 71, pl.101, figs.B7,♂,B8,♂(Un),B9,♀,B10,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Luang Prabang; Vang Vieng; Phatong)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.110, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Onodera,2022 : 78, pl.209, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Nachan; Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Catochrysops strabo ; Onodera,2009 : 36. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Koh Kong; Preah Sihanouk; Pursat; Mondulkiri; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Catochrysops strabo ; Joannis,1901 : 327. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Catochrysops strabo ; Godfrey,1919 : 469. (S: Daban)
Catochrysops strabo ; Moulton,1923 : 131. (Pulo Condore)
Catochrysops strabo ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Catochrysops strabo ab.lithargyria ; Metaye,1958b : 174. (Dong Nai: Ben Nom)
Catochrysops strabo ; Metaye,1958b : 175. (Dong Nai: Ben Nom)
Catochrysops strabo ; Luong et al.,2004 : 10. (Cuc Phuong)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 28, figs.L-168,♂,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 52. (N / C / S)
Catochrysops strabo strabo ; Saito et al.,2017 : 79. (S: Nui Cam)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 7♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bangkok : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 3♂ 3♀ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao) : 1♀ (photo by P.Kosierb).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is very common in fields, open areas, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1793 : Entomologia systematica emedata et aucta. secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
3(1): [iv] + 488 pp. Copenhagen. C.G.Proft.

Reakirt, T.,1866 : Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18(3):238-249.

Corbet, A.S.,1938 : Observations on certain Species of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula
J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2):242-262.


Catochrysops strabo strabo ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.04 - 2023.09.30.

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