Aurivittia aurivittata (Moore, 1879)

Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un. Aurivittia aurivittata ♀ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un. Aurivittia aurivittata ♀ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Up. Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Un.
♂ genitalia, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura aurivittata Moore, 1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):843, pl.53, fig.2.
TL : Above Ahsown, Tenasserim. (NHML)
Distribution : Assam, Myanmar, Andamans, Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan.
Aurivittia aurivittata map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata ; Godfrey,1916 : 142. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata aurivittata ; Godfrey,1930 : 359. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Sriracha; Me Lamoung)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Evans,1949 : 107. (Siam)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Pinratana,1985 : 29, pl.12, fig.42a♂. (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi; Nakhon Nayok)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 754, pl.345, figs.H55a♂,♀. (Chanthaburi; Phu Khieo)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 36, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo; Doi Musso; Erawan WF.)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 802, pl.370, figs.H55a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Phu Kha; Chanthaburi; Phu Khieo)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Saraburi; Chanthaburi; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.05.01)

[ LAOS ]
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 79, pl.110, figs.B9,♂,B10,♂(Un). ('Phatong; Luang Prabang; Vang Vieng')
'Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 48. (Namdua)'
Celaenorrhinus aurivittatus aurivittatus ; Onodera,2022 : 104, pl.240, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si; Vientiane: Vang Vieng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 144-145. (C: Pu Mat)
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 72. (C: Nghe An)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 4♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by M.Hayashi).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 5♂ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

A new genus Aurivittia Grishin, 2019 was proposed for Plesioneura aurivittata, its close relative Plesioneura cameroni and Celaenorrhinus vietnamicus on the basis of molecular analysis and morphology.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 1100m). Both sexes visit flowers. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread. In Thailand, both Aurivittia aurivittata and Aurivittia vietnamicus are sympatric in Nan province.


Literature

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Devyatkin, A.L.,1998 : Hesperiidae of Vietnam 3.
A new species of Celaenorrhinus Hübner,1819 from Vietnam, with revisional notes on the C.aurivitttata (Moore,1879) group (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Neue ent. Nachr. 44:289-294, col.pl.301.

Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J. & Grishin, N.V.,2019 : Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0731: 1-56.


Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Aurivittia aurivittata ♀
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Aurivittia aurivittata ♂
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Aurivittia aurivittata ♂ Aurivittia aurivittata ♂
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.07.31 - 2023.05.31.

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