Rapala rectivitta

Rapala rectivitta (Moore,1879)


♂, 1992.03.05. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.		♂, 1992.03.15. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.

♂, 1991.10.11. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.		♂, 1991.10.03. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Deudorix rectivitta Moore,1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):141.
TL : N.Cacbar, Assam.

Distribution : Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.

Synonym
Rapala buxaria de Niceville,[1889] : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 57(4):285-286, pl.14, fig.13(♂). TL. Bhutan.
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Rapala nissa rectivitta ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 83. (North: Koon Tarn)
Rapala rectivitta ; Pinratana,1981 : 151, not fig. ([Chiang Mai])
Rapala rectivitta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 716, pl.327, fig.L422,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Fang / Nan: Doi Phu Kha)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala rectivitta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.126, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua)
Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ] Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.03.05 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.03.14 3♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.03.15 2♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.03.22 6♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.03.23 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.10.03 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.10.11 1♂ Local Catcher (YI)

Notes
The difference between rectivitta and nissa.

rectivitta ♂
deep blue-shot in a side light. nissa ♂
without blue-shot.

Literature

Moore, F.,1879 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):136-144.

de Niceville, C.L.A.,[1889] : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 57(4):273-293, pls.13,14.
1999.07.21 - 2010.04.15.


rectivitta ♂ deep blue-shot in a side light.	nissa ♂ without blue-shot.