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 54 Pt.II(2):117-118, pl.2, fig.19,♂.
TL : Sikkim, [N.India]. (NZC)
Distribution : India (Sikkim; Nagaland), Bhutan, SE.Tibet, N.Myanmar (Kachin), 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.Mar.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 occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1885 : Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 54 Pt.II(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.

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