Sinthusa nasaka amba

Sinthusa nasaka amba (Kirby, 1878)


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂, Champasak, Laos.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Hypolycaena amba Kirby, 1878
OD : in Hewitson, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae Suppl.: 32-33,
pl.5b, figs.44,♂,45,♀,46,♂(Un).
TL : Malacca.

Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Belitung, Borneo.

Synonym

Sinthusa amboides Elwes, [1893] : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892(4):645. TL. E.Pegu ; Perak.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Godfrey,1930 : 351-352. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Godfrey,1930 : 351-352. (Chonburi: Sriracha)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Pinratana,1981 : 146, pl.26, figs.10,♂,11,♀,12,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Kanchanaburi)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Seki,1986 : 22. (Ranong: Kampuan)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 708, pl.323, figs.L402,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phu Khieo)
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 754, pl.345, figs.L425a♂,♂,♂(Un). (Phu Khieo; Saraburi)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 754, pl.346, figs.L425b♂(Malaysia),♂(Malaysia,Un),♀. (Ranong)
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 135, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Sai York Noi; Kam Puan)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 135, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Phetchaburi; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 206-207, figs.Abb.L-437,♀(Un),439,♀(Un). (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.127, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀. (Lak Sao)
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; Onodera,2022 : 97, pl.231, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Nachan)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Kampot)

[ VIETNAM ]
Sinthusa nasaka ; Vu,2003 : 58. (Phu Quoc)
Sinthusa nasaka obscurata ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 69, figs.L-149,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Sinthusa nasaka amba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 69. (N: Hai Phong / C: Quang Binh / S)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♀.

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

Chiang Mai : 5♀ (incl. photo).

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

Tak : 1♂.

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

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 2♀.

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

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo).

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

Sa Kaeo : 1♀ (photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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

Trat : 1♀.

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

Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi).

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

Ranong : 4♂.

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

Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Bolikhamxai : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Champasak : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 500m) and is frequently found at forest edges.
I tentatively treat all populations in the Indo-China region as ssp.amba. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1863-1878 : Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae.
London, van Vorst. x+229pp. and 14a-14h, Suppl. 1-47; pls. (108, numbered;)
1-85, 88-92, 3a,3b,3c, Suppl.I-VII, Ia, Ib, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, Va, Vb. In 8 parts.

Elwes, H.J.,[1893] : On butterflies collected by Mr. W.Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and Perak, Part.2.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892(4):617-664, pls.43,44.

Fruhstorfer, H.,[1912] :
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begrundet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs.

Huang, H. & Zhu, J.Q.,2018 : A tentative review of the genus Sinthusa Moore,1884 from China (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Atalanta 49(1-4):143-153.


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

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

♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.21 - 2023.09.30.