Chitoria cooperi (Tytler, 1926)

Chitoria cooperi ♂ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♂ Un. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
Chitoria cooperi ♂ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♂ Un. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Up. Chitoria cooperi ♀ Un.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Xiang Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Apatura cooperi Tytler, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3): 579–580, pl.2, fig.4,♂.
TL : "Maymyo, Northern Shan States, Burma" [Maymyo, Mandalay Region, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, S.Yunnan, N.Laos, N.Vietnam.
Chitoria cooperi map

Type Materials Information

Syntypes (Cotype) 1♂ Rh.9109, 1♀ Rh.9110. Maymyo, N.Shan State. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Chitoria cooperi: Masui & Uehara,1994 : 6, figs.29,♂,♂(Un),30,♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Chitoria cooperi: Koiwaya & Harada,1996 : 12, figs.71–76(Larva),77–78(Pupa),79,♂,80,♀,81,♀(Un). (Phong Sali)
Chitoria cooperi: Osada et al.,1999 : 208, pl.73, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phong Saly; Xiang Khouang)
Chitoria cooperi: Onodera,2009b : 36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Chitoria cooperi: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Chitoria cooperi: Onodera,2022 : 47, pl.142, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham; Tha)
Chitoria cooperi: Masui,2025 : 210, pl.26, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (N.Laos)

[ VIETNAM ]
Chitoria cooperi: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43. (by this web page)
Chitoria cooperi: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):63, pl.5, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un). (by this web page)
Chitoria cooperi: Masui,2025 : 210. (N.Vietnam)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Phong Saly : 2♂ (photo by K.Phongpiyamit).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Houaphan : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Xiang Khouang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : Tam Dao, 2007.02.01. 1♂, LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Vietnam.


Literature

Tytler, H, 1926. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from India and Burma. Part II.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 31(3): 579–590, 3 pls.


Chitoria cooperi ♂ Chitoria cooperi ♂
♂, Phong Saly, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit) ♂, Phong Saly, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)

2007.09.20 - 2026.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © Y.Inayoshi.