Neomyrina hiemalis (Godman & Salvin, 1878)

Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Un. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Un. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Un. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Un.
♂, Kien Giang, S. Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Kien Giang, S. Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Up. Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Un. Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ genitalia Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ genitalia
♂, Attapeu, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Myrina hiemalis Godman & Salvin, 1878
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):640, pl.40, figs.5, 6.
TL : Meetan, "Burma" [Myanmar].
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, C. to S.Vietnam, Langkawi.
Neomyrina hiemalis map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Godfrey,1916 : 141. (Chonburi: Sriracha; Ranong; Kanburi)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 991. (Siam)
Neomyrina hiemalis hiemalis ; Godfrey,1927 : 126. (N)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Godfrey,1930 : 343. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Godfrey,1932a : 273. (Takuapa: Kapong)
Neomyrina nivea nivea ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 55, pl.7, fig.51,♀, 52♀(Un). (Chieng Mai)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Pinratana,1981 : 116, pl.30, figs.7,♂,8,♀,9,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Uthai Thani)
Neomyrina nivea periculose ; Pinratana,1981 : 116, pl.21, figs.5,♂,6,♀. (Ranong)
Neomyrina nivea periculose ; Seki,1986 : 18-19. (Ranong)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 259, fig.154,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Thaep; Phu Pha Phung; Ban Naudom; Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Non Hai)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 39. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huay Sing; Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Ba Hai; Ban Na Pho Krang; Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 55. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap; Kaen Tana; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Phu Chong; Ban Ba Hai)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Yago et al.,2005 : 437. (Ranong; Surat Thani; Phangnga)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47-48, fig.70,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 664, pl.303, figs.L314a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Uthai Thani; Chaiyaphum)
Neomyrina nivea periculosa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 664, pl.303, figs.L314b♂,♀. (Ranong)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 702, pl.321, figs.L338,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Uthai Thani; Chaiyaphum; Ranong)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 97, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Neomyrina nivea periculosa ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 97, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 194, figs.Abb.L-347-349. (Phang Nga)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2021- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Ratchasima; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.18)

[ LAOS ]
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 75, col.pl.15,fig.♂ ; pl.106, figs.B7,♂,B8,♂(Un). (Dan Sum; Vientiane; Vang Vieng)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.123, figs.♂,♀. (Thabok)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 47. (Thakhek)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Yago et al.,2005 : 437. (Vanvieng; Na Hin; Thakhek; Savannakhet; Attapeu)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 54.
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Onodera,2022 : 93, pl.226, figs.♂,♂(Un), pl.227, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Nahin; Champasak: Don Huasao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Neomyrina nivea ; Onodera,2007 : 25,28, figs.92♂,93,♀. (Rattanakiri: Ou Chum; Siem Reap: Phnum Kuhlen)
Neomyrina nivea ; Onodera,2008 : 58, fig.♀. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Neomyrina nivea ; Onodera,2009 : 40. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Kosterin,2019 : 94. (Koh Kong)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Kosterin,2020 : 320. (Siem Reap)
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neomyrina hiemalis ; Yago et al.,2005 : 437. (Dac Lac)
Neomyrina nivea hiemalis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 64. (C: Dak Lak) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo), (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ (genitalia dissected)..
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nong Khai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama, S.Sophonviwatkul and S.Atdhabhan), (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 6♂ 6♀ (2♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂ (genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ CAMBODIA ]
Siem Reap : 1♂ (photo by K.Saito).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kampot : 2♂ (photo by K.Saito), (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂ 1♀ (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Attapeu : 1♂ (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Dong Nai : 1♂ 1♀ (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bin Thuan : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kien Giang (Phu Quok) : 1♂ 1♀ (genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1000m) and often rest on the underside of leaves. Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.
On Koh Chang, Trat, the island north of Koh Kut, a Neomyrina species was photographed by Koichi Yano in 2014. However, as there are no specimens available, it is unclear whether it is hiemalis or ikarii. Further distributional research is needed.

Neomyrina distribution
Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ UpF. Neomyrina ikarii ♂ UpF.
Neomyrina hiemalis Male UpF. Neomyrina ikarii Male UpF.
The distribution map of
Neomyrina hiemalis, monastyrskii and ikarii


Literature

Godman, F. & Salvin, O.,1887 : Catalogue of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. S. N. Walter in the Island of Billiton.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3):637-643, pl.40.

Yago, M., Monastyrskii, A.L. & Ueshima, R.,2005 :
Revision of the genus Neomyrina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on molecular and morphological data, with phylogenetic implications in the tribe Loxurini
Report on Insect Inventory Project in Tropic Asia (TAIIV):431-442.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2024 : Descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies of Lycaenidae from Thailand and Vietnam.
Butterflies 94:4-14.


Neomyrina hiemalis ♂ Neomyrina hiemalis ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
Neomyrina hiemalis ♀ Neomyrina hiemalis ♀
♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
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Neomyrina sp.
Neomyrina sp. ♂
♂, Koh Chang, Trat, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)

1999.07.18 - 2024.09.30.

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