Burara oedipodea belesis
(Mabille, 1876)
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. |
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
ON :
Ismene belesis Mabille, 1876
OD : Bull. Séances Soc. ent. Fr. 1876(2): 19.
TL : 'India, aut potius ex Java insula' [India]. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China.
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● ssp.belesis |
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● transition zone of belesis and oedipodea |
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Synonyms
Ismene harisa aegina Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg. 45: 54; TL: "Calcutta" [Kolkata, India].
Ismene tuckeri athena Fruhstorfer, 1911; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(5): 61; TL: "Muok-Lek, Siam" [Muak Lek, Saraburi, Thailand]. (NHML)
Type Materials Information
belesis ;
Type ♂, "Ind. or." (NHML)
athena ;
♂, Type (red), H2378, Muok-Lek, Siam. Januar. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Ismene oedipodea athena: Godfrey,1927 : 127. (N)
Ismene oedipodea athena: Godfrey,1930 : 355. (Muak Lek; Pak Jong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Evans,1949 : 45-46. (Siam)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Pinratana,1985 : 13, pl.1, figs.1a♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ratchaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 9, fig.2,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana; Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 720, pl.329, figs.H1a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ratchaburi; Phu Khieo)
Burara oedipodea oedipodea: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 720, pl.329, figs.H1b♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Chiba,2009 : 6-7, pl.1, fig.2,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Burara oedipodea oedipodea: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.12.08)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Kimura et al.,2011 : 20, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Sai York Noi)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 768, pl.353, figs.H1a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Ratchaburi; Phu Khieo)
Burara oedipodea oedipodea: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 768, pl.353, figs.H1b♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun; Chanthaburi; Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2026.08.17)
[ LAOS ]
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 78. not fig. (Luang Prabang)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Masui & Uehara,1994 : 7, fig.43,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Phabang)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Osada et al.,1999 : 221, pl.130, figs.♂,♀. (Luang Phrabang; Lak Sao)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.
Burara oedipodea belesis: Onodera,2022 : 101, pl.235, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Burara oedipodea belesis: Kosterin,2020 : 332, figs.55,♂,56,♂(Un). (Siem Reap)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 124. (Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)
[ VIETNAM ]
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Evans,1949 : 45-46. (Tonkin)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 154. (N: Ba Be ; Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Devyatkin,2000 : 200. (S: Ma Da)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Ikeda et al.,2001b : 58, figs.1:1,♂,2,♂(Un),5:1(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Luong et al.,2004 : 12, 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Burara oedipodea belesis: Miyazaki et al.,2007c : 41, fig.H-133,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 70. (N; C; S)
Bibasis oedipodea belesis: Saito & Vu,2020a : 178. (Ha Giang: Dong Van)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).
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Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
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Chanthaburi : 9♂.
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Phetchaburi : 3♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & C.Sunthornwiphat).
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[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (100-550 m a.s.l.) and is crepuscular.
Males are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.
Both ssp.oedipodea and ssp.belesis occur together in Phetchaburi.
The area between the northern part of the peninsular Thailand and Kanchanaburi seems to be a transitional zone.
A photo record from Koh Samui taken by L. Day seems to be ssp.belesis, but confirmation by specimen is needed.
Literature
Mabille, P., 1876 : Diagnoses d'hespériens nouveaux.
Bulletin des Séances de la Société entomologique de France, 1876(2): 18-19.
Plötz, C., 1884 : Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Ismene Sw. und ihre Arten.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 45(1-3): 51-66.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 25(5): 57-72. (1.May.1911)
Evans, W.H., 1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
British Museum (Natural History), London, i-xix + 1-502, pls.1-35.
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| ♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. |
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| ♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. |
♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. |
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| ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) |
ssp.belesis & ssp.oedipodea, Phetchaburi, Thailand.
(photo by C.Sunthornwiphat) |
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