Erites falcipennis falcipennis

Erites falcipennis falcipennis Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1883


♀, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Erites falcipennis Wood-Mason & Nicéville, 1883
OD : in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 1(2):237.
TL : Silcuri [Silkuri], Cachar, Assam.

Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan.

	● ssp.falcipennis
	● ssp.

Type Materials Information

1♂ Type, 25.Sep.1891. Cachar, Assam. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 199, fig.♂,♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Erites falcipennis ; Pinratana,1988 : 27, pl.29, figs.75a♂(wsf [dsf]),♂(Un.wsf [dsf]). (Petchaboon)
Erites falcipennis falcipennis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 288, pl.116, figs.S82a♂(Umphang),♂(Umphang,Un),♂(Nam Nao),♂(Nam Nao,Un). (Petchaboon; Umphang)
Erites falcipennis falcipennis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 288, pl.116, figs.N117a♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Phetchabun; Umphang)
Erites falcipennis falcipennis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig.(09/08/2010, Phetchabun) (in part) (accessed: 2023.07.03)
Erites falcipennis falcipennis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 190, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Nam Nao)

[ LAOS ]
Erites falcipennis ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 211, pl.93, fig.♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Erites falcipennis ssp. ; Uémura,2004 : 2, fig.10 map.
Erites falciennis falcipennis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

[ VIETNAM ]
Erites medura falcipennis ; Fruhstorfer,1911 : 302. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Erites falcipennis ; Vitalis,1919 : 222. (Tonkin)
Erites medura f. falcipennis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 28. (Tonkin: Chiem-Hoa)
Erites medura falcipennis ; Metaye,1957 : 102. (N)
Erites falcipennis ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 80, pl.22, figs.1a♂(wsf),1b♂(wsf,Un),1c♂(dsf),1d♂(dsf,Un). (N: Na Hang / C: Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Song Thanh; Ngoc Linh; Kon Ka Kinh; Hon Ba; Bao Lam)
Erites falcipennis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 31, fig.S-22,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Erites falcipennis ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 40, 48, figs.40,♂,♂(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Erites falcipennis falcipennis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 24. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 6♀.

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

Phetchabun : 1♀ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

Chaiyaphum : 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1000m).

Literature

Marshall, G.F.L. & Nicéville, L. de,1882-1883 : The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume I (Danaidae, Satyridae, Morphidae & Acraeidae).
Calcutta Central Press 8vo : vii + 327 pp, 15 tfs, pls.1-17.

♀, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1998.12.05 - 2023.07.31.