Capila zennara

Capila zennara (Moore, 1866)


♂, 1993.05.17. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand. Holotype of sukkiti		♂, 1994.04.27. Omkoi, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paratype of sukkiti

♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Pisola zennara Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 786.
TL : "N.E.Bengal" [N.E.Bengal, India]. (NHML)

Distribution : Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Capila zennara sukkiti Ek-Amnuay, [2007] : Butterflies of Thailand: 744, pl.341, figs.H35,top,♂(HT), ♂(HT,Un), bottom,♂(PT), ♂(PT,Un). TL. "Doi Phu Kha, Nan" [Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand].

Type Materials Information

zennara ; Holotype ♀, Bengal. (NHML, examined.)
sukkiti ;
Holotype ♂, 17.May.1993. Doi Phu Kha, Nan. P.Sukkit. (in coll. Y.Inayoshi, examined. This specimen will be preserved in the THNHM.)
Paratype ♂, 27.Apr.1994. Omkoi, Chiang Mai. (in coll. Y.Inayoshi, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Capila zennara ; Ek-Amnuay et al.,2007 : 14.
Capila zennara sukkiti ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 31. (by literature)
Capila zennara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 792, pl.365, figs.H34,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Nan; Chiang Mai)

[ LAOS ]
Capila zennara ; Masui & Uehara,2014 : 22, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (Thatheng; Pakse)

[ VIETNAM ]
Capila zennara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 141. (C: Ngoc Linh)
Capila zennara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 71. (C: Kon Tum)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : Omkoi Dist. 1♂, 1994.04.27. LC (YI) Paratype of sukkiti

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

Nan : Doi Phu Kha. 1♂, 1993.05.17. P.Sukkit (YI) Holotype of sukkiti

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

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 900 - 1300m).

Literature

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 755-822, 3 pls.

Nicéville, L. de,1893 : On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 7(3): 322-357, pl.H-J.

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.

Ek-Amnuay, P.,[2007] : Butterflies of Thailand. Fascinating insects vol.2. (1st edition).
Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Co., Ltd., Bangkok. 849 pp.

2011.12.31 - 2025.02.28.