Enispe cycnus cycnus

Enispe cycnus cycnus Westwood, 1851


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

♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.

♂, 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

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).

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

Nan : 8♂ 1♀.

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

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

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

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.


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

♂, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand. (photo by A.Guidici)

2007.10.10 - 2023.12.31.