Coladenia agni agni

Coladenia agni agni (Nicéville, [1884])


♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

♂ genitalia, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Plesioneura agni Nicéville, [1884]
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 52(2/4):87, pl.10, fig.4,♀.
TL : Sikkim. (NZC ; ♂, NHML)

Distribution : Sikkm, Assam, Myanmar (Karens, Ataran, Tavoy),
Thailand, Laos, Yunnan, Guangxi.

	● ssp.agni
	● ssp.sundae

Type Materials Information

1♂ 1♀ Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 17, figs.♂,♂(Un), 18, figs.♀,♀(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Coladenia agni agni ; Evans,1949 : 116. (Siam)
Coladenia agni agni ; Pinratana,1985 : 35, pl.13, fig.55a♂. (Chiang Ma; Ranong)
Coladenia agni agni ; de Jong & Treadaway,1992 : 285-286. (Chatnaboon [Chanthaburi]: Khao Sabab)
Coladenia agni agni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 758, pl.347, fig.H67a♂. (Chiang Mai)
Coladenia agni agni ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 40, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Coladenia agni agni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 808, pl.372, fig.H65a♂. (Chiang Mai)
'Coladenia agni agni ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.07)'

[ LAOS ]
Coladenia agni agni ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19, figs.24,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Coladenia agni agni ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.135, fig.♂. (Oudomxay)
Coladenia agni agni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Coladenia agni agni ; Onodera,2022 : 105, pl.241, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Sekong: Thateng)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂ 1♀.

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

Chiang Mai : 6♂.

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

Ranong : 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 600m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
This species can only be distinguished from Coladenia tanya by examination of the male genitalia.
In the Ranong province, P.Thailand, both the nominotypical subspecies and ssp.sundae have been confirmed. As far as we know, the population of Chanthaburi, S.E.Thailand is ssp.sundae, but de Jong & Treadaway,1992 recorded ssp.agni. Although the male genitalia of the continental sundae is completely identical to that of ssp.agni, it is possible that these two taxa are different species based on their distribution. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

Nicéville, L.de,[1884] : On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 52(2/4):65-91. pls.1,9,10.

Jong, R.de & Treadaway, C.G.,1992 : Revisional notes on Coladenia Moore,1881 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Zool. Meded. 66(15):283-293, 13 figs.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.31 - 2023.06.30.