Choaspes furcatus  Evans,1932
Choaspes furcatus ♂ Up. Choaspes furcatus ♂ Un. Choaspes furcatus ♀ Up. Choaspes furcatus ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano) ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
Choaspes furcatus ♂ Up. Choaspes furcatus ♂ Un. Choaspes furcatus ♂ genitalia Choaspes furcatus ♂ genitalia
♂. Nan. Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.

ON : Choaspes plateni furcata Evans,1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 321.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
Hainan, China, W.Malaysia. [Palawan]
Synonym

Rhopalocampta smilacis Mell,1950 : Bonn. zool. Beitr. 1:86-87, Abb.1, fig.2. TL. Mahn Tsi Shan, Nordkuangtung.

Type Material Information

furcatus  ; Holotype ♂, H2515, [India], "Sikkim, Teesta V.4.27, W.H.Evans" (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus ; Evans,1949 : 77. (Siam)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus ; Pinratana,1985 : 23, pl.7, fig.26,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcata ; Tsukiyama,1992 ; 29, pl.4, fig.5-1a,♂. (Chiang Dao)
Choaspes furcatus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 742, pl.340, fig.H32,♂,♂,♀,♀,♀(Un). (Khao Yai)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus ; Chiba,2009 : 42-43, pl.19, figs.10♂,11♀. (Chantaburi / Chiang Dao)
Choaspes furcatus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 30, fig.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Choaspes furcatus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 788, pl.364, fig.H31,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). (Khao Yai)
Choaspes furcatus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok)

[ LAOS ]
Choaspes furcatus ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, fig.21,♂,♂(Un). (Phong Sali)
Choaspes furcatus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 221, pl.132, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Phong Saly)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus ; Chiba,2009 : 42-43, pl.19, figs.10♂,11♀. (Laos)
Choaspes furcatus ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.

[ VIETNAM ]
Choaspes hemixanthus furcata ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 ; 157. (N: Cao Bang ; Tam Dao)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcata ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12. (Cuc Phuong)
Choaspes furcatus ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Choaspes furcatus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b ; 3, fig.H-13,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus ; Chiba,2009 : 42-43, pl.19, figs.10♂,11♀. (N / C)
Choaspes furcatus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 71. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ 3♀ (incl.photo by M.Hayashi & S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vinh Phuc : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes
Literature

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

Mell, R.,1950 :
Artbildung durch physiologische Differenzierung (chemotaktische Antizipation) in der Gattung Rhopalocampta Wall. (Lepidopt.,Hesperidae)
Bonn. zool. Beitr. 1:86-91.

Choaspes furcatus ♂ Choaspes furcatus ♀
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
1999.07.31 - 2018.10.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.