Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus

Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus Evans, 1932


♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

ON : Choaspes stigmata stigmata Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 320.
TL : 'Sikkim to N.Burma, Hainan' [Assam]. (NHML)

Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hainan.

	● ssp.stigmatus
	● ssp.caudatus

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Choaspes plateni stigmatus ; Tsukiyama,1992 ; 27-28, pl.1, fig.2-1c♂. (Nan)
Choaspes plateni stigmatus ; Kimura,1996 : 19, pl.1, figs.9♂,10♂(Un). (Nan)
'Choaspes plateni stigmatus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 740, pl.339, fig.H29b♂(Laos).'
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Chiba,2009 : 39, pl.17, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (Nan)
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 29, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Chiang Dao)
'Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 786, pl.362, fig.H28a♂(Laos).'

[ LAOS ]
Choaspes plateni stigmatus ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.19,♂,♂(Un). (Lak Sao)
Choaspes plateni stigmatus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.132, fig.♂. (Lak Sao)
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Chiba,2009 : 39, pl.17, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (Laos)
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.

[ VIETNAM ]
Choaspes plateni stigmata ; Evans,1949 : 74. (Tonkin)
Choaspes plateni stigmata ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 156. (N: Tam Dao / C: Vu Quang)
Choaspes plateni stigmata ; Devyatkin,2000 : 200. (Lam Dong: Bao Loc)
Choaspes plateni stigmata ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 3, fig.H-14,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Chiba,2009 : 39, pl.17, figs.1,♂,2,♀. (N / C: to Lam Dong)
Choaspes stigmata ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-14,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Choaspes stigmatus stigmatus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 71. (N / C: to Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chaiyaphum : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 7♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is very localized and uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 550 - 900m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
According to the records of Tsukiyama (1992), Chiba (2009) and Kimura et al. (2011), both ssp.stigmatus and ssp.caudatus have been found sympatrically in Chiang Mai province, N. Thailand. Further taxonomic and distributional studies, including DNA analysis, are needed.

Literature

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

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix+1-502, pls.1-35. London.

Tsukiyama, H.,1992 : Genus Choaspes Moore, a review (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) - with illustration of all taxa and new information up to 1991 -
Butterflies 2:26-38. (in Japanese)

Chiba, H.,2009 : A revision of the subfamily Coeliadinae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist. Ser.A, 7:1-102.

♂, Chiayaphum, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.31 - 2023.01.31.