Prosotas bhutea bhutea

Prosotas bhutea bhutea (Nicéville, 1884)


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

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Nacaduba bhutea Nicéville, 1884
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 52(2/4):72-73, pl.1, fig.13,♂.
TL : "Darjiling" [Darjeeling]; Sikkim, [N.India].

Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan, W.Malaysia.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Nacaduba bhutea ; Godfrey,1916 : 137.
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 583, pl.264, fig.L141,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 608, pl.275, figs.L166,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 163, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Ranong Hot Spring; Muang Shone; Than To WF.)

[ LAOS ]
Prosotas bhutea ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 72, pl.103, figs.B9,♂,B10,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.111, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Phong Saly; Boun Neua)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Onodera,2022 : 82, pl.212, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Prosotas bhutea ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 43. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 57, fig.L-59[58],♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, fig.L-58,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Prosotas bhutea bhutea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 54. (C: Thua Thien Hue to Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂.

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

Tak : 2♂.

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

Ranong : 2♂.

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 - 950m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1884 : On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 52(2/4):65-91. pls.1,9,10.

Tite, G.E.,1963 : A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13(4):69-116, 91 tf, 2 pls. London.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.11 - 2023.06.30.