Erites medura rotundata  Nicéville, 1893

Erites medura rotundata ♂ Up. Erites medura rotundata ♂ Un. Erites medura rotundata ♀ Up. Erites medura rotundata ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Erites medura rotundata ♂ Up. Erites medura rotundata ♂ Un. Erites medura rotundata ♀ Up. Erites medura rotundata ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Erites rotundata Nicéville, 1893
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2, 62:4-7. (♂♀, NZC)
TL : Beeling ; Pegu ; Quaymoo ; Yoonzaleen Valley, Burma.
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
● ssp.rotundata
ssp.russelli
Erites medura rotundata map

Synonym

Erites beelinga Moore, 1893 : Lep. Ind. 2:114-115. TL. ♂, Beeling, Upper Tenasserim.


Type Materials Information

rotundata ; 1♀ Type, 14.Apr.1886. Bulong [Beeling], Burma. (NZC) ; 1♂ Type, 29.Mar.1886. Bulong [Beeling], Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 199-200, figs.♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Erites medura rotundata ; Pinratana,1988 : 27, pl.30, figs.74,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Petchaboon; Tak)
Erites medura rotundata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 286, pl.115, figs.S81a♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Erites medura rotundata ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 8. (Mae Hong Son; Nam Nao).
Erites medura rotundata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 286, pl.115, figs.N116,♂(Petchabun),♂(Un,Petchabun). (in part)
Erites medura rotundata ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Erites medura rotundata ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 190, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ban Salok; Nam Nao; Pha Who)
Erites medura rotundata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.07.03)

[ LAOS ]
Erites medura rotundata ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19, figs.9,♂,♂(Un). (Thabok)
Erites medura rotundata ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 211, pl.93, figs.♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao; Thabok)
Erites medura rotundata ; Uémura,2004 : 2, fig.9,map. (Ban Boung Kuang; Lak Sao)
Erites medura rotundata ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 44. (Thabeng)
Erites medura rotundata ; Uémura,2006 : 4, fig.19,map. (Vieng Thong; Ban Namnian)
Erites medura rotundata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Erites medura rotundata ; Onodera,2022 : 57, pl.169, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Keng Sa Doc)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Erites medura rotundata ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 116, fig.1E. (Kratie)

[ VIETNAM ]
'Erites medura ; Vitalis,1919 : 222. (Tonkin)'
Erites medura rotundata ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 79-80, pl.22, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (C: Pu Hoat; Ben En)
Erites medura rotundata ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 31, figs.S-21,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Erites medura rotundata ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 24. (S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂ 6♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 3♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 700m).


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1893 : On Erites, an oriental genus of satyrid butterflies.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2, 62:4-7.

Moore, F.,1893-1896 : Lepidoptera Indica. vol.II, Rhopalocera, Family Nymphalidae.
L.Reeve & Co., London.


Erites medura rotundata ♂ Erites medura rotundata ♀
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Erites medura rotundata ♂ Erites medura rotundata ♂
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1998.12.05 - 2023.07.31.

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