Chamunda chamunda

Chamunda chamunda (Moore, 1866)


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

ON : Plesioneura chamunda Moore, 1866
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 788.
TL : 'Bengal' [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML)

Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Mynamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Chamunda chamunda ; Pinratana,1985 : 38, pl.14, fig.63,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Chamunda chamunda ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 760, pl.349, figs.H77,♂[♀],♀. ('Surat Thani')
Chamunda chamunda ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 42, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Doi Phui; Doi Suthep)
Chamunda chamunda ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 812, pl.374, figs.H75,♂[♀],♀. ('Surat Thani')
Chamunda chamunda ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.09)

[ LAOS ]
Chamunda chamunda ; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2, figs.15,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Chamunda chamunda ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay)
Chamunda chamunda ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57.
Chamunda chamunda ; Onodera,2022 : 106, pl.242, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Luang Phabang: Chamlong)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Chamunda chamunda ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.6O. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Chamunda chamunda ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965b ; 91, figs.31,♀,32,♀(Un). (Banmethuot)
Chamunda chamunda ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 161. (N: Cao Bang)
Chamunda chamunda ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 6, fig.H-33,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Chamunda chamunda ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 74. (N / C: to Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Chiang Mai : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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

Chanthaburi : 1♀ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

[ LAOS ]
Luang Prabang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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 - 1300m). They often rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.
Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded it from Surat Thani, but this is somewhat doubtful. Further distributional research is needded.

Literature

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 755-822, 3 pls.

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.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.07.31 - 2023.06.30.