Enispe cycnus cycnus  Westwood, 1851

Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Un. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Un. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Un. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Up. Enispe cycnus cycnus ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Enispe cycnus Westwood, 1851
OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):330.
TL : Silhet. (NHML)
Distribution : Assam to N.Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, N. & C.Vietnam, Tibet, Yunnan.
● ssp.cycnus
ssp.vertex
Enispe cycnus cycnus map

Synonym

Enispe cycnus forma erosa Stichel, 1905 : Gen Ins. fasc. 31:13. TL. not stated.


Type Material Information

cycnus : Syntype ♂, Rh.6032, Sylhet. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 344, pl.147, figs.A33,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). ('Wiang Pa Pao')
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 348, pl.147, figs.N180,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). ('Wiang Pa Pao')
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.03)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 155, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Par Hom Pok; Fang; Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Enispe cycnus f. verbanus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 34. (Xieng-Khouang)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 212, not fig. (list only)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Uémura,2005 : 5, fig.30,map. (Xam Neua)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.

[ VIETNAM ]
Enispe cycnus f. verbanus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 34. (Annam: Keng-Trap)
Enispe cycnus verbanus ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (C)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 124-125, pl.30, figs.4a♂,4b♀. (N: Hoang Lien; Van Ban; Ba Be / C: Vu Quang) (in part)
Enispe cycnus cycnus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 30. (N / C: to Ha Tinh)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 10♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 8♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kamphaeng Phet : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane evergreen forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1400 - 2000m).


Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : In Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

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

Stichel, H.,1905
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Fam. Nymphalide. Subfam. Discophorinae.
in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 31:1-16, pls.1-4.


Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂ Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Enispe cycnus cycnus ♂
♂, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand. (photo by A.Guidici)

2007.10.10 - 2023.12.31.

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