Celaenorrhinus affinis  Elwes & Edwards,1897
Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Un. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Un. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ Un. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Up. Celaenorrhinus affinis ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ genitalia Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ genitalia Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ genitalia Celaenorrhinus affinis ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Celaenorrhinus affinis Elwes & Edwards,1897
OD : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):121-122, pl.18, fig.9♀ ; pl.22, fig.4.
TL : Karens. (NHML)


Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam. 		Celaenorrhinus affinis map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Pinratana,1985 : 28, pl.12, fig.40. (Chiang Mai / Chaiyaphum)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 752, pl.345, figs.H52,♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon / Mae Hong Son / Chaiyaphum)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 35, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Par Hom Pok / Doi Chiang Dao / Doi Suthep / Phu Khiewo / Doi Inthanon / Doi Musso / Kao Soi Dao)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 800,802, pl.369, figs.H50a,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon / Mae Hong Son)

[ LAOS ]
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2,fig.11. (Saravan)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 222, pl.134, figs.♂,♀. (Thateng)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.

[ VIETNAM ]
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 ; 122. (S: Bi Doup - Nui Ba)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b ; 6, figs.H-20,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri ; Dai Duc Me)
Celaenorrhinus dhanada affinis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 72. (C: Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂ 8♀ (incl.photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The male genitalia is slightly different from Celaenorrhinus dhanada, and this species and Celaenorrhinus dhanada are sympatric in North Thailand.
Therefore I treat it as a distinct species.

Literature

Elwes, H.J. & J. Edwards,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.

Celaenorrhinus affinis Celaenorrhinus affinis
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Celaenorrhinus affinis
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
1999.07.31 - 2018.06.30.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.