Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni

Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni (Talbot, 1936)


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.		♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.		♀, Lampang, Thailand.

♂ genitalia, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

ON : Spindasis vixinga davidsoni Talbot, 1936
OD : Entomologist 69:59-60.
TL : "Prayao, North Siam" [Phayao, N. Thailand].

Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Type Material Information

Holotype ♀, 10.Mar.1933. "Prayao" [Phayao], N.Siam. D.M.Davidson.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 80-81. (Prayao [Phayao])
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Pinratana,1981 : 113, pl.30, fig.12,♂(Un). (Prae)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 259, fig.153,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Huay Sing)
'Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 596, pl.270, fig.L178,♀(Un, Laos). [photo from Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999]'
'Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.283, fig.L203,♀(Un, Laos). [photo from Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999]'
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 149, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sai Yok Noi)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Mukdahan; Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.122, fig.♀(Un). (Saravan)
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2008b : 56, figs.15,♀,16♂,♂(Un). (Attapeu)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53, pl.16, fig.Ly-115,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (45km east of Attapeu)

[ VIETNAM ]
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ; Bui,2013 : 53, figs.♀,♀(Un). (C: Ninh Thuan: Nui Chua)
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (S: Ba Ria Vung Tau)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Lampang : 1♀.

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

Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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

Phetchaburi : 3♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).

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

Notes

The butterfly is very localized and found in montane semi-dried forests at low elevations, however is not rare in the habitats. Both sexes visit flowers.

Literature

Talbot, G.,1936 : Notes upon some butterflies from Siam, with descriptions of new races and forms (Lep. Rhopalocera).
Entomologist 69:56-60.

Bui, H. M.,2013 : A certain record of Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni Talbot, 1936 in Vietnam
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 64:53.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song. L. & Grishin, N. V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-93.


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)	♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.	♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.