Capila jayadeva arooni

Capila jayadeva arooni Eliot, 1987


♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Capila hainana arooni Eliot, 1987
OD : Tyô to Ga 38(1): 27-28.
TL : "Muang Chone, P.Thailand" [Muang Chone, Ranong, P.Thailand]. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong; Surat Thani).

	● ssp.jayadeva
	● ssp.translucida
	● ssp.khambounei
	● ssp.mackwoodi
	● ssp.barroni
	● ssp.arooni

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 03.Apr.1983. Muang Chone, P.Thailand. (NHML)
Paratypes :
1♂, Mar.1983. Surat Thani, P.Thailand. (St.Gabriel's College, Bangkok)
1♀, Mar.1984. Surat Thani, P.Thailand. (St.Gabriel's College, Bangkok)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Capila hainana ssp. ; Pinratana,1985 : 25, pl.10, figs.30b♂,♀. (Surat Thani)
Capila hainana arooni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 746, pl.342, figs.H39b♂,♀. (Surat Thani)
Capila hainana arooni ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 32, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀. (Muang Shone)
Capila hainana arooni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 794, pl.366, figs.H38b♂,♀. (Surat Thani)
Capila hainana arooni ; Inayoshi,1999-2023 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.1♂ 1♀. (Ranong) (30.Apr.2023 last updated ; 31.Jan.2026 changed.)
Capila jayadeva arooni ; Xue et al.,2026 : 96, figs. 3:I,♂,♂(Un),J,♀,♀(Un),7:A-M(♂genitalia),8:G(♀genitalia),9(Map). (Ranong: Surat Thani)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 4♂ 3♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 800 - 1100m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.

Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1987 : On Some Butterflies from Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand.
Tyô to Ga 38(1): 21-29.

Xue, G.X., Inayoshi, Y., Saito, K., Li, M. & Rao, Z.,2026 :
Capila jayadeva Moore, 1866 is a sexually dimorphic and male polymorphic species including six subspecies (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae).
Zootaxa 5748(1): 089–100.

2026.01.31.