Spialia galba chenga
Evans, 1957
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♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) |
♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) |
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♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera) |
♀, Lampang, Thailand. |
ON :
Spialia galba chenga Evans, 1957
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12)9(106): 750.
TL : Kiung-Chow, Hainan. (NHML)
Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan.
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Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Hesperia galba ; Godfrey,1916 : 143. (Muak Lek)
Hesperia galba ; Godfrey,1930 : 367. (Muak Lek; Pak Jong; Kanburi: Kao Tok)
Spialia galba ; Pinratana,1985 : 47, pl.17, fig.84,♂. (Kanchanaburi; Chonburi)
Spialia galba ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 772, pl.355, figs.H101,♀,♀(Un). (Mae Ya WF.)
Spialia galba chenga ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 51, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Spialia galba ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 822, pl.379, figs.H98,♀,♀(Un). (Mae Ya WF.)
Spialia galba chenga ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Nakhon Ratchasima; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi) (accessed: 2023.06.11)
Spialia galba ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 85. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
[ LAOS ]
Spialia galba ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 80, pl.112, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un). (Tha Ngone; Pakse; Luang Prabang; Tha Dua)
Spialia galba galba ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.137, fig.♀. (Lak Sao)
Spialia galba chenga ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Spialia galba chenga ; Onodera,2022 : 109, pl.247, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Houay Phet)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Spialia galba chenga ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 125, fig.7C. (Banteay Meanchey; Siem Reap)
[ VIETNAM ]
Hesperia galba ; Metaye,1957 : 78.
Spialia galba ; Devyatkin,2000 : 201. (S: Khanh Hoa)
Spialia galba ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 7, figs.H-47,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Phan Thiet)
Spialia galba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 75. (C: Khanh Hoa; Lam Dong / S: Binh Thuan: Phan Thiet)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Lampang : 1♀.
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Sa Kaeo : 2♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
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[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in grasslands, open areas and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 900m).
Both sexes visit flowers.
Literature
Evans, W.H.,1957 : Revisional Notes on the Hesperiidae of Europe, Asia and Australia.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12)9(106): 749-752.
de Jong, R.,1978 : Monograph of the Genus Spialia Swhinhoe (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae).
Tijdschr. Ent. 121(3): 23-146.
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