Cigaritis seliga ssp.
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Un. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♀ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Un. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♀ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Un. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Up. Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Un.
♂, Champasak, Laos. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ blue-shot in a side light Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ genitalia Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ genitalia Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ genitalia
♂, blue-shot in a side light ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Cigaritis seliga ssp.
OD :
TL :
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
● ssp.
● ssp.seliga
Cigaritis seliga ssp. map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis seliga seliga ; Pinratana,1981 : 113, pl.20, figs.10,♂,11,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chiang Mai; Tak)
Spindasis seliga seliga ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 596, pl.270, figs.L177,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Chiang Mai)
Cigaritis lohita himalayanus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.282, figs.L201a♂(right),♂(Un,right). (in part)
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.283, figs.L202a♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Spindasis seliga seliga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 148, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Phu Kradung; Phu Khiewo) (in part)

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis seliga ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.122, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Oudomxay; Xiang Khouang)
Spindasis seliga ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53.
Spindasis seliga ; Onodera,2022 : 91, pl.223, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Phou Pan; Oudomxai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 13♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 4♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane dry forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 1300m). Both sexes visit flowers and males come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. This species differs from syama and lohita in that it is territorial on canopies at hilltops from 15:30 to 16:30.
Male specimens from N.Thailand and Laos are larger and the blue marking on the UpF is wider and purplish than the nominotypical subspecies. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♀
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂ Cigaritis seliga ssp. ♂
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2009.11.10 - 2025.02.28.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.