Symbrenthia silana Nicéville, 1885

Symbrenthia silana ♂ Up. Symbrenthia silana ♂ Un. Symbrenthia silana ♂ Up. Symbrenthia silana ♂ Un.
♂, 2020.03.06. Tak, Thailand. ♂, 2020.03.06. Tak, Thailand.
Symbrenthia silana ♂ Up. Symbrenthia silana ♂ Un. Symbrenthia silana ♂ genitalia Symbrenthia silana ♂ genitalia
♂, 2014.06.--. Nghe An, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♂ genitalia, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Symbrenthia silana Nicéville, 1885
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, (Part II) 54(2): 117-118, pl.2, fig.19,♂.
TL : Sikkim. (NZC)
Distribution : Sikkim, Bhutan, Nagaland, N.Myanmar (Kachin), S.E.Tibet, W.Thailand, C.Vietnam, Hainan.
Symbrenthia silana map

Type Materials Information

Types 1♂, 1883, Sikkim. (NZC) ; 1♀, Autumn, 1883. Buxa, Bhutan. (NZC). Sheela et al.,2019 : 250, figs.♂,♂(Un) ; 251, figs.♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Symbrenthia silana: Saito & Inayoshi,2022b : 25, figs.12,♂,12v♂(Un). (Tak: Umphang Dist.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Symbrenthia silana: Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 31, figs.27,♂,♂(Un). (Nghe An)
Symbrenthia silana: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):115, pl.27, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un). (C: Nghe An)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : Umphang Dist.
2020.03.04. 1♂ A.Giudici (photo) ; 2020.03.06. 2♂ Y.Inayoshi & A.Giudici (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Nghe An : Song Lam, 2014.06.--. 1♂ LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand. The first discovery was taken photo by Antonio Giudici on 4 March 2020 in Umphang Dist., Tak.
The butterfly was found around small stream in montane forests at moderate elevations and appears to be a very local species. Males are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1885 : Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, (Part II) 54(2): 117-124, pl.2.

Gillham, N.W.,1956 : Symbrenthia silana de Nicéville, A good species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Psyche 63: 11-13.

Lang, S. & Han, H.,2009 : Study on some nymphalid butterflies from China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).
Atalanta 40(3/4): 493-500.


Symbrenthia silana ♂ Symbrenthia silana ♂
♂ 2020.03.04. Umphang, Tak, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂ 2020.03.06. Umphang, Tak, Thailand.

2020.03.31 - 2023.01.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.