Spialia galba chenga

Spialia galba chenga Evans, 1957


♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

♂, 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.

	● ssp.shanta
	● ssp.chenga

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♀.

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

Sa Kaeo : 2♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

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.


♀, Lampang, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2024.11.30.