Spitosa sobrina

Spitosa sobrina (Mell, 1923)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Sospita sobrina Mell, 1923
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. 1923:159.
TL : "Bergwälder in Westjünnan" [area around Fengyi town, Dali, W.Yunnan, S.W.China]. (MfN)

Distribution : E.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Yunnan.

Synonyms

Abisara freda Bennett, 1957 : Entomologist 90:27, pl.2, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(♂ genitalia). TL. Loimwe, S.Shan States, "Burma" [Myanmar]. (NHML)
Abisara freda daliensis Sugiyama, 1992 : Pallarge 1:10, figs.23(HT,♂), 24(HT,♂Un). TL. Dali, Yunnan, China. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)

Type Materials Information

sobrina ;
Lectotype ♂, 9.Sep.(19)14, Xiaochifo, Dali, W.Yunnan. det. by Huang et al.,2024. (MfN, photo examined.)
Paralectotypes det. by Huang et al.,2024 : 1♂, 15.Aug.(19)14, Chauchow, W.Yunnan. (MfN) ; 1♂, 20.Aug.(19)14, Chauchow, W.Yunnan. (MfN) ; 1♂, 3.Sep.(19)14, Xiaochifo, Dali. (MfN)
Syntype : 1♂, 7.Sep., Xiaochifo, Dali.
freda ; Holotype ♂, Rh.16903, Mar.1927. Loimwe, S.Shan States. (NHML, photo examined.)
daliensis ;
Holotype ♂, 25.May.1988. Dali, Yunnan, China. H.Sugiyama leg. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)
Paratype 1♂, 8.Jul.1988. same locality as holotype. H.Sugiyama leg. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara freda ; Pinratana,1988 : 42, pl.38, fig.10,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Abisara freda freda ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 510, pl.229, figs.R10,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Abisara freda freda ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 522, pl.234, figs.L10,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Abisara freda freda ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 19, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep, Sighting by Y.Kimura)
Abisara freda freda ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2021.08.05)
Abisara freda freda ; Inayoshi,2009-2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂genitalia. (Chiang Mai) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)

[ LAOS ]
Abisara freda ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.104, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Phong Saly)
Abisara freda freda ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Abisara freda freda ; Onodera,2022 : 69, pl.201, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)
Abisara freda freda ; Inayoshi,2009-2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (Phong Saly; Siengkhouang) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abisara freda ; Callaghan,2009 : 77, figs.41,♂,♂(Un),42,♀,♀(Un). (N: Huang Lien Son)
Abisara freda ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai)
Abisara freda freda ; Inayoshi,2009-2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (Lao Cai: Huang Len Son) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ (incl. photo by P.Sukkit & A.Giudici), (2♂ genitalia dissected).

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

[ LAOS ]
Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1400m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Mell, R.,1923 : Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Südchina. II.
Deut. ent. Zeit., 1923:153–160.

Bennett, N.,1957 : A new species of Abisara from Burma (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae).
Entomologist 90:27, pl.2.

Sugiyama, H.,1992 : New Butterflies from West-China, Including Hainan.
Pallarge 1:1–19.

Espeland, M., Hall, P.W.H., DeVries, P.J., Lees, D.C., Cornwall, M., Hsu, Y-F., Wu, L-W., Campbell, D.L., Talavera, G., Vila, R., Salzman, Shayla, Ruehr, S., Lohman, D.J. & Pierce, N.E.,2023 :
Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Mol. Phylogenet Evol. 93(2015)296–306.

Huang, S-Y., Inayoshi, Y., Léger, T. & Espeland, M.,2024 : The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones.
Zootaxa 5481(5):591–599.

Huang, S-Y., Inayoshi, Y. & Espeland, M.,2024 : Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae).
Zootaxa 5512 (2):295–300.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by P.Sukkit)	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2024.10.31.