Britomartis cleoboides viga

Britomartis cleoboides viga (Corbet,1940)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Tajuria cleoboides viga Corbet,1940
OD : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5):116-117, pl.1, figs.20,♂, 21,♀.
TL : North-East Sumatra. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand. W.Malaysia, Sumatra.

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, North-East Sumatra. (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Sumatra. 1903.ii. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Britomartis cleoboides viga ; Pinratana,1981 : 131, pl.23, figs.13,♂,14,♂(Un). ("Bangkok" / Trang)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Seki,1986 : 20. (Ranong)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 692, pl.315, figs.L369,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang / Kaper)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 734, pl.336, figs.L391,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang / Kaper)
Britomartis cleoboides viga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 120, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring / Kam Puan / Khlong Naka / Ka Chong)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Ranong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂.

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

Yala : 3♂ 1♀.

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

Notes
The butterfly is not rare in montane primary forest at low to moderate elevations and often flew out from the bush along the trail and is rested under the leaves.

Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : A revision of the Malayan species of Tajuria Mre. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5):107-120, 27 figs, pl.1.

♂, Yala, Thailand.

2020.04.30.