Cirrochroa emalea emalea  (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)

Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Un. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Up. Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Argynnis emalea Guérin-Méneville, 1843
OD : in Delessert, Souv. Voy. Ind. 2:72-73.
TL : cote Malaye.
Distribution : S.Myanmar, S.E. & P.Thailand, Cambodia,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo,
Sumatra, Lingga, Singkep.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea map

Synonyms

Cirrochroa ravana Moore, [1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1:150. TL. Borneo.
Cirrochroa bajadeta bajadetina Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Wien. ent. Ztg. 25:328. TL. W.Sumatra.
Cirrochroa bajadeta f. martini Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Wien. ent. Ztg. 25:328. TL. Malay Pen ; Nord-Ost-Sumatra.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Cirrochroa emalea martini ; Pendlebury,1923 : 36. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang; Tai Sai River; Padang Beser)
Cirrochroa emalea martini ; Godfrey,1930 : 269. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River; Khao Ra; Khao Luang)
Cirrochroa emalea martini ; Godfrey,1932a : 268. (P)
Cirrochroa emalea ravana ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 73. (Chanthaburi: Khao Sabap)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Pinratana,1979 : 14, figs.N20,♂,♂(Un) ; 15, fig.N20,♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ranong; Trang)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 24, pl.8, figs.16,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Yala)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♀[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 358, pl.153, figs.N16,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.05.02)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 386, pl.166, figs.N219,♂,♂(Un). (Khao Soi Dao; Yala)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chanthaburi; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.05.02)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 50, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Kao Saverb; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 32, figs.Abb.L-199-204. (Phang Nga)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117, fig.2C♂. (Pursat)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 8♂ 4♀ (incl. photo),
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂ 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Guérin-Méneville, F.E.,[1843] :
In A. Delessert, Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans l'Inde execut de 1834 - 1839 par M. Adolphe Delessert. Part II.
Historie Naturelle.

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 :
Verzeichnis der von Mir in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nymphaliden und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Wien. ent. Ztg 25:307-362, 2 pls.


Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂ Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Cirrochroa emalea emalea ♂
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

2007.10.20 - 2024.05.31.

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