Jamides caerulea somnuki

Jamides caerulea somnuki Kimura & Saito, 2014


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Jamides caeruleus somnuki Kimura & Saito, 2014
OD : In Kimura et al., The Butterflies of Thailand. Based on Yunosuke KIMURA Collection 2:174, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un),♂(PT),♂(PT,Un),♀(PT),♀(PT,Un).
TL : Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai. N.Thailand. (RIEB)

Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

	● ssp.somnuki
	● ssp.caeruleus

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 8.Apr.1989. Doi Pha Hom Pok, Fan, N.Thailand. Y.Kimura leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes ; ♂, Doi Inthanon ; 2♂ 1♀, Tam Chiang Dao ; 1♂, Kao Soi Dao.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Jamides coerulea [sic] ; Godfrey,1930 : 324. (Me Wong)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Pinratana,1981 : 58. (Chanthaburi) (in part)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 576, pl.261, figs.L121,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 598, pl.271, figs.L146,♂(right),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Jamides caeruleus somnuki ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 174, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un),♂(PT),♂(PT,Un),♀(PT),♀(PT,Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Tam Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Kao Soi Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.111, fig.♂. (Vang Vieng)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Onodera,2022 : 80, pl.210, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 51, figs.3:6♂,7♂(Un),6:21(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Luong et al.,2004 : 10. (Cuc Phuong)
Jamides caeruleus ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 43. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 56, fig.L-47,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Jamides caeruleus caeruleus ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, fig.L-47,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Jamides caeruleus somnuki ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 53. (N: Thanh Hoa / C: Nghe An / S)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 6♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Tak : 4♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 1000m). Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Kimura, Y., Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S., Uémura, Y. & Saito, T.,2014 : The Butterflies of Thailand. Based on Yunosuke KIMURA Collection vol.2. Lycaenidae.
Mokuyosha. 245 pp.

2021.03.31 - 2023.05.31.