Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara

Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara (Butler, 1879)


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

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

♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura asmara Butler, 1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8): 556.
TL : "Malacca" [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (South from Chumphon), C. to S.Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java.

	● ssp.consertus
	● ssp.asmara

Synonyms

Plesioneura goto Mabille, 1883 : C. r. Soc. ent. Belg. 27: lvi. TL. 'E.Japonia' [loc.err. = Java]. (NHML)
Celaenorrhinus aditta ayata Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 23(30): 136. TL. Westsumatra. (NHML)
Celaenorrhinus asmara milinda Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 23(31): 138-139. TL. Westjava. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Celaenorrhinus asmara aditta ; Godfrey,1932a : 274. (Phang Nga: Nop Pring)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Kimura,1996 : 19-20, pl.2, figs.21,♂,22,♂(Un),23,♀,24,♀(Un). (Chumphon; Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies. fig.[♂]. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.04.26)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 35, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kaper WF; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 72-73, figs.Abb.H-059-060 (as asmara consertus), H-061 (as asmara asmara). (Phang Nga)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.05.01)

[ VIETNAM ]
Celaenorrhinus asmara consertus ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1964 : 45-47, textfig.8(♂genitalia), figs.17,♂,18,♂(Un). (Trang Bom)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 143. (C: Khe Ba Long ; Kon Ka Kinh)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 122. (S: Cat Tien ; Lo Go Xa Mat)
Celaenorrhinus asmara consertus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 6, fig.H-19,♂. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Celaenorrhinus asmara consertus ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 29, fig.H-19,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Celaenorrhinus asmara asmara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 72. (C / S)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 8♂.

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

Trang : 1♀.

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

Yala : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). Both sexes visit flowers. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.
Rarely ssp.consertus-like individuals are found in Ranong.

Literature

Butler, A.G.,1876 : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8): 533-568, pls.68,69.

Mable, P.,1883 : Description d'hesperiens.
C. r. Soc. ent. belg. 27: li-lxxviii.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Neue Hesperiden.
Ent. Zeit. 23(30): 135-136. (23.Oct.1909), 23(31):138-139. (30.Oct.1909)

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.

2012.08.31 - 2025.02.28.