Vindula dejone erotella  (Butler, 1879)

Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Up. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Un. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Up. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Up. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Un. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Up. Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Pattani, Thailand.

ON : Cynthia erotella Butler, 1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):544.
TL : Malacca.
Distribution : S.E. & P.Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, W.Malaysia, Singapore.
Vindula dejone erotella map

Synonym

Cynthia cantori Distant, 1882 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:406-407. TL. Wellesley Prov., Malay Peninsula.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Cynthia erota erotella ; Godfrey,1930 : 267. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Wat Kiriwong)
Cynthia erota erotella ; Godfrey,1932a : 268. (Surat Thani: Khao Poata)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Pinratana,1979 : 11, figs.N14,♂,♀. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Ranong; 'Chiang Mai' [loc.err.])
Vindula dejone erotella ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 26, pl.9, figs.21,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Vindula erota erota ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2007.01.21 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Vindula dejone erotella ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
'Vindula dejone dejone ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 360, pl.154, figs.N21,♂(Malaysia),♀(Malaysia).'
'Vindula dejone erotella ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 388, pl.167, figs.N224,♂(Malaysia),♀(Malaysia).'
Vindula dejone erotella ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Trat; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.09.21)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 52, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Khiewo; Muang Shone; Kao Poh Ta; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 33-34, figs.Abb.L-226-229. (Phang Nga) (in part)
Vindula erota erota ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : figs.Abb.L-220-222. (Phang Nga) (in part)

[ LAOS ]
Vindula dejone erotella ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 54, pl.43, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng; Tha Ngone; Nam Ngum Dam)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.48, figs.♂,♀. (Vang Vieng)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Vindula dejone ; Onodera,2007 : 28, fig.45,♂. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kuhlen)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Onodera,2022 : 128, pl.266, figs.♂,♂(Un). ("Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen" [Ratanakiri])
Vindula dejone erotella ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Vindula dejone erotella ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, fig.N-11,♂. (Lam Dong: Madagui; Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 31. (C / S)
Vindula dejone erotella ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):181, pl.22, figs.2a♂,2b♀. (S: Cat Tien; Lo Go Sa Mat; Phu Quoc)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Trat : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 8♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 3♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Kien Giang (Phu Quoc) : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 600m). Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):533-568, pls.68,69.

Distant, W.L.,1882 : On some apparently undescribed Rhopalocera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)10:405-407.


Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Vindula dejone erotella ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Vindula dejone erotella ♂ Vindula dejone erotella ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2007.10.20 - 2024.05.31.

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