Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans  (Nicéville, 1885)

Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♂ Up. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♂ Un. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♀ Up. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♂ Up. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♂ Un. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♀ Up. Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ♀ Un.
♂, Oudomxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera) ♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura nigricans Nicéville, 1885
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 54(2):123, pl.2, fig.6,♀.
TL : Sikkim (♀, NZC).
Distribution : Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim to Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans map

Type Material Information

♀ Type, 9.May.1884. Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 14, figs.♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Godfrey,1930 : 359. (W: Me Lamoung)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Godfrey,1932a : 274. (Ranong: Kapor)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Evans,1949 : 101. (W)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Pinratana,1985 : 28, pl.11, figs.38,♂,♀. (Chanthaburi; Surat Thani)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 752, pl.345, figs.H50,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 34, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Soi Dao; Muang Shone)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 800, pl.368, figs.H48,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Chanthaburi)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.05.01)

[ LAOS ]
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Masui & Uehara,1995 ; 5, pl.2, figs.15,♂,16,♀. (Saravan)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 221, pl.134, figs.♂,♀. (Thateng)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Onodera,2022 : 104, pl.240, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 159. (N: Ba Be)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 6, figs.H-18,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 72. (N / C)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 2♀ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ (photo by T.Aomaya).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1200m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1885 : Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 54(2)117-124, 1 pl.


Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans Celaenorrhinus nigricans nigricans
♀, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀, Phetchabun, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2024.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.