Flos areste

Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862)


♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Amblypodia areste Hewitson, 1862
OD : Spec. Cat. Lyc. Brit. Mus. : 10, pl.5, figs.43,♀,44,♀(Un).
TL : India. (NHML)

Distribution : Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S.China, W.Malaysia.

Synonyms

Satadra patuna Moore, 1884 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):40. TL. Nepal. (♀, NHML)
Amblypodia areste arestina Evans, 1925 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):638. TL. N.Shan States. (♂, NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Flos areste ; Pinratana,1981 : 104, pl.18, fig.8,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Flos areste ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 652, pl.297, figs.L290,♂,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Flos areste ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 688, pl.314, figs.L314,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Flos areste ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 86, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Flos areste ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2024.06.08)

[ LAOS ]
Flos areste ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, fig.37,♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Flos areste ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 217, pl.120, figs.♂,♂,♀(Un),♀. (Xiang Khouang; Xam Neua; Thateng)
Flos areste ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.
Flos areste ; Onodera,2022 : 88, pl.219, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Luang Phabang: Marphouk)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Flos areste ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Flos areste ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 122. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Flos areste ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.L-181,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Flos areste ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 62. (C: Lam Dong / S: Con Son Is.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.

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

Chiang Mai : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici & L.Day).

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

Kamphaeng Phet : 1♂.

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

[ LAOS ]
Luang Phabang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Sekong : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1600m).

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1862 : Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum.
British Museum, London. 4to:[iv]+15pp, 8 pls.

Moore, F.,1884 :
Descriptions of some New Asiatic Lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained inthe Indian Museum, Calcutta.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 53(1):16-52.

Evans, W.H.,1925 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Part VII.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(3):610-639, 1 pl.


♂, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by L.Day)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.18 - 2024.06.30.