Jamides cyta minna  Riley & Corbet, 1938

Jamides cyta minna ♂ Up. Jamides cyta minna ♂ Un. Jamides cyta minna ♀ Up. Jamides cyta minna ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Jamides cyta minna ♀ Up. Jamides cyta minna ♀ Un.
♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Jamides cyta minna Riley & Corbet, 1938
OD : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87(5):157.
TL : Perak, Malay Pen. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
S.Vietnam, W.Malaysia.
Jamides cyta minna map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 13.Jan.1929. Perak, Maxwell's Hill, 3800 feet, Malay Peninsula. A.S.Corbet
Allotype ♀, Penang, Malay Peninsula. (Selangor Museum)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Jamides cyta minna ; Pinratana,1981 : 60, pl.10, fig.7,♂(Un). (Ranong)
'Jamides cyta minna ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 578, pl.262, figs.L127,♀(Malaysia),♀(Un,Malaysia).'
'Jamides cyta minna ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 600, pl.272, figs.L152,♀(Malaysia),♀(Un,Malaysia).'
Jamides cyta minna ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 176, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka)
Jamides cyta minna ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 161-162, figs.Abb.L-193-194. (Phang Nga)
Jamides cyta minna ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.19)

[ VIETNAM ]
Jamides cyta minna ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 28, figs.L-166,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me; Madagui)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 600m). Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Riley, N.D. & Corbet, A.S.,1938 : A Revision of the Malayan Species of Jamides Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 87(5):147-159, pl.1.


Jamides cyta minna ♂ Jamides cyta minna ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.11 - 2023.09.30.

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