Helcyra hemina hemina Hewitson, 1864

Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Up. Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Un. Helcyra hemina hemina ♀ Up. Helcyra hemina hemina ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Up. Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Un. Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Up. Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Helcyra hemina Hewitson, 1864
OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2(3):245, pl.15, fig.1.
TL : India. (NHML)
Distribution : N.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, Yunnan.
Helcyra hemina hemina map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Kimura,1994 : 20, figs.41♂,42♂(Un),43♀,44♀(Un). (Chaiyaphum: Phu Kiewo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 88, pl.64, figs.168,♂,♀. (Chaiyaphum)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 468, pl.208, figs.N181,♂. (Phu Khieo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 490, pl.217, figs.N365,♂. (Phu Khieo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchabun; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2024.05.08)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 125, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Helcyra hemina ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Laos)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Masui & Uehara,2001 : 7, figs.3,♂,♂(Un). (Boun Neua)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.

[ VIETNAM ]
Helcyra hemina ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 6♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 2♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Lak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : Di Linh. 2016.04.05. 1♂ 1♀, LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 1400m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1864 : Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2(3):245-249, pls.15,16.

Masui, A.,2018 : Revition of the genus Helcyra (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae) with description of new subspecies of Helcyra chionippe from Buru and Yapen islands.
Butterflies 77:4-24.


Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Helcyra hemina hemina ♀
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Helcyra hemina hemina ♂
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Helcyra hemina hemina ♂ Helcyra hemina hemina ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

2007.09.20 - 2024.05.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.