Spindasis evansii ayuthia  Murayama & Kimura, 1990

Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Un. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Un. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Un. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀ Un.
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Up. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Un. Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ genitalia Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ genitalia
♂, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Spindasis evansii ayuthia Murayama & Kimura, 1990
OD : Nature & Insects 25(2):24, figs.15(HT,♂),16(HT,♂Un),
17(PT,♀),18(PT,♀Un).
TL : Doi Pha Hom Pok, N.Thailand.
Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Spindasis evansii ayuthia map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 09-11.Apr.1989. Doi Sao Yai, Doi Pha Hom Pok, N.Thailand. (in coll. Y.Kimura)
Paratypes 1♂ 1♀, 09-11.Apr.1989. Doi Sao Yai, Doi Pha Hom Pok, N.Thailand. (in coll. Y.Kimura)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis rukma ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 594,596, pl.269, figs.L173,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha)
Spindasis evansi (sic) ayuthia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 598, pl.270, figs.L179,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Cigaritis rukma ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 622, pl.282, figs.L198,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha)
Cigaritis evansi (sic) ayuthia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 626, pl.283, figs.L204,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 149, figs.♂(HT),♂(HT,Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Loei) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.122, fig.♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.

[ VIETNAM ]
Cigaritis evansii ayuthia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 9♂ 3♀ (incl. photo and photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂ (photo by S.Chir).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 1♀ (photo by W.Muttigo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Thua Thien Hue : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1700m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
I consider the taxon ayuthia to be included in the nominotypical subspecies. Further taxonomic study is needed.
Ek-Amnuay,[2007], 2012 recorded Cigaritis rukma from Doi Phu Kha, Thailand, however it is a misidentification of this species.


Literature

Murayama, S. & Kimura, Y.,1990 : Some new butterflies from Thailand.
Nature & Insects 25(2):19-24, figs.1-23.

Balint, Zs., Heath, A., Katona, G., Kertesz, K. & Safian, Sz.,2017 : Male secondary sexual characters in Aphnaeinae wings (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Opusc. Zool. Budapest 48(1):27-34.


Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀
♂, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by S.Chir) ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂ Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Spindasis evansii ayuthia ♀
♀, Loei, Thailand. (photo by W.Muttigo)

1999.07.18 - 2023.06.30.

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