Abraximorpha esta  Evans, 1949

Abraximorpha esta ♂ Up. Abraximorpha esta ♂ Un. Abraximorpha esta ♀ Up. Abraximorpha esta ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Abraximorpha davidii esta Evans, 1949
OD : Cat. Hesp. Europ. Asia Austr. Brit. Mus. : 156.
TL : Tonkin. (NHML)
Distribution : N.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos,
N.Vietnam, Yunnan.
Abraximorpha esta map

Type Material Information

Type ♂, 31.May.1924. Ngai Tio, 4,800 ft., Tonkin. H.Stevens (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Nakano,1989 : 20, fig.1,♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Pomeun)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Kimura,1996 : 20, pl.3, figs.31,♂,32,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Inthanon; 'Fang' [Nan])
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 768, pl.353, figs.H94,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 48, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 818, pl.378, figs.H91,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Inthanon)
Abraximorpha esta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nan) (accessed: 2024.06.17)

[ LAOS ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6,7, pl.2, fig.14,♂,♂(Un). (Louang Nam Tha)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.136, fig.♂. (Nam Tha)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Onodera,2009b : 38. (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Onodera,2022 : 108, pl.245, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Xam Neua)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Evans,1949 : 156. (Tonkin)
Abraximorpha davidii ; Lemée,1950 : 22. (Hagiang)
Abraximorpha davidii esta ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 63, figs.2:20,♂,21,♂(Un),5:18(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Abraximorpha esta ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 146, pl.Va, fig.6,♂. (N: Hoang Lien)
Abraximorpha davidii elfina ; Luong et al.,2004 : 13, 86, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Abraximorpha esta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 75. (N: Lao Cai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 13♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 1700m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves with their wings spread.


Literature

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.

Devyatkin, A.L. & Monastyrskii, A.L.,2002 : Hesperiidae of Vietnam, 12. A further contribution to the Hesperiidae fauna of North and Central Vietnam.
Atalanta 33(1/2):137-155, col.pl.


Abraximorpha esta ♂ Abraximorpha esta ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2024.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.