Cirrochroa aoris olivacea Nicéville, 1886

Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♀ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♀ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Un.
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Cirrochroa olivacea Nicéville, 1886
OD : Butts. India Burmah Ceylon 2:110-111, pl.24, fig.111,♀.
TL : "Upper Tenasserim" [Tanintharyi, Myanmar]. (NZC)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea map

Type Materials Information

Types 1♂ 1♀, Thaungyin [Thaungyeen] Forest. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 186, figs.♂,♂(Un), 187, figs.♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Godfrey,1927 : 123. (N)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Godfrey,1930 : 268. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Pinratana,1979 : 14, figs.N18,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Tak)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 24, pl.7, figs.15,♂,♀. (Chiang Rai; Chiang Mai; Tak)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 358, pl.153, figs.N14,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 386, pl.166, figs.N217,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.02)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 50, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Mae Sohd; Doi Montha; Say Yok Noi)

[ LAOS ]
Cirrochroa aoris f. aoris ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 35. (Xieng-Khouang)
Cirrochroa aoris f. jiraria ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 36. (Xieng-Khouang)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 54, pl.44, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.47, fig.♂. (Xaignabouri)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.

[ VIETNAM ]
Cirrochroa aoris ; Joannis,1901 : 325. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 324. (Tonkin?)
Cirrochroa olivacea ; Vitalis,1919 : 227. (Tonkin)
Cirrochroa aoris f. olivacea ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 36. (Tonkin: Cao-Bang)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Metaye,1957 : 93. (N)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 31. (N / C / S)
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):185, pl.24, figs.2a♂,2b♀. (N: Hoang Lien; Na Hang; Ba Be / C: Vu Quan)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Lampang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 10♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xaignabouri : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 300 - 1700m). Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1886 :
The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume II (Nymphalidae, Libytheidae, Nemeobiidae).
Calcutta Central Press : vii + 332 pp, frontispiece, pls.18-24.


Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂ Cirrochroa aoris olivacea ♂
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

2007.10.20 - 2023.05.31.

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