Algia fasciata flavobrunnea (Grose-Smith, 1887)

Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Un. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♀ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Un. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Un.
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand.
Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Un. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Up. Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Un.
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand.

ON : Paduca flavobrunnea Grose-Smith, 1887
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:266-267.
TL : 'Burmah, Siamese frontier' [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar]. (Great North Museum: Hancock)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, W. & N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan.
● ssp.fasciata
ssp.flavobrunnea
Algia fasciata flavobrunnea map

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂, 4.Feb.1881, Moulmain dist. C.H.E.Adamson (Great North Museum: Hancock, photo examined.)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Ducapa fasciata fasciata f.flavobrunnea ; Godfrey,1930 : 268. (Me Wong) (in part)
Paduca fasciata fasciata ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 51, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ban Salok) (in part)
Algia fasciata fasciata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2019- : Butterflies of Thailand. (Chiang Mai) (in part) (accessed: 2024.10.03)

[ LAOS ]
Paduca fasciata fasciata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2008b : 54,56, figs.11,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Attapeu)
Paduca fasciata fasciata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44, pl.3, figs.Ny-13,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (near Attapeu)
Paduca fasciata fasciata ; Onodera,2022 : 27, pl.93, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ VIETNAM ]
Cirrochroa fasciata f. fasciata ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 35. (Cochinchine: Gyarai)
Ducapa fasciata fasciata ; Moulton,1923 : 129. (Pulo Condore)
Cirrochroa fasciata fasciata ; Metaye,1957 : 93. (S)
Paduca fasciata fasciata ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 17, fig.N-15,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Algia fasciata fasciata ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):189, pl.25, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (C: Kon Ka Kinh; Bu Gia Map; Bao Loc / S: Cat Tien; Con Dao)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 400 - 1300m). Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The populations from S.E. Myanmar (Mawlamyine), W. & N. Thailand, Laos and C. Vietnam tend to be larger in size, with a paler ground colour and lighter markings. The type specimen of flavobrunnea is an extreme dry season form as mentioned by Adamson (1905). Although Evans (1932) synonymised flavobrunnea with the nominotypical subspecies, I consider it to be a separate subspecies. The Hainan population is tentatively included in this taxon but further taxonomic study is needed. According to Hsu et al. (2022: 525,531), the record from Taiwan is thought to be a vagrant from the Philippines.


Literature

Grose-Smith, H.,1887 : Descriptions of eight new Species of Asiatic Butterflies.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:265-268.

Adamson, C.H.E.,1905 : Catalogue of butterflies collected in Burmah. Part 1.
Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. N. D. NT. (n.s.) 1:155-189.

Matsumura, S.,1929 : New Butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa.
Ins. Mats. 3(2/3):87-107.

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Hemming, F.,1967 : The generic Names of the Butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera : Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. (nat. Hist.), Ent., suppl. 9. 509 pp.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.

Hsu, Y-F., Liang, J-Y., Huang, C-W. & Shen, Z-Y.,2022 : Butterfly Fauna of Taiwan. Nymphalidae vol.V.
China Forestry Publishing. 552pp + 293 pls.


Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂ Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Algia fasciata flavobrunnea ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand.

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