Sebastonyma dolopia dolopia

Sebastonyma dolopia dolopia (Hewitson,[1868])


♂, 1990.09.--. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Lampang, Thailand.

♂, N.E.Putao, Kahin States, Myanmar.		♂, N.E.Putao, Kahin States, Myanmar.

♂ genitalia, Loei, Thailand.

♂ genitalia, Kachin States, Myanmar.

ON : Hesperia dolopia Hewitson,[1868]
OD : Descr. One Hundred new Soec. Hesp. (2):27-28.
TL : "Northern India" [Sikkim] (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan,
Myanmar (Kachin States ; Sadon, Chindwin ; Ataran),
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, N.W.Yunnan.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 773, pl.355, fig.H108,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 53. (by literature)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 824, pl.380, fig.H105,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.07.13)

[ LAOS ]
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Masui & Uehara,1996 : 5, pl.2,fig.21. (Oudomxay)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.137, fig.♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 58.
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Onodera,2022 : 110, pl.247, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaisomboun: Nam Phang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 164. (Cao Bang: Tinh Tuc ; Bu Huong)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Luong et al.,2004 : 14, 87, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 10, fig.H-50,♂. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Sebastonyma dolopia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 76. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Lampang : 2♂ (incl. photo).

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

Nan : Doi Phu Kha, Pua dist. 1990.09.--. 1♂ LC (YI).

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

Loei : 1♂ (photo).

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

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

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

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

Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

[ MYANMAR ]
Kachin States : 8♂.

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

Notes
The first discovery from Thailand is the above specimen in Sep.1990 at Doi Phu Kha, Nan. Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded this specimen as collected in "April", which is incorrect.
The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 1200m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Lee (1979) described the taxon Sebastonyma medoensis from Tibet. However, all the characteristics he described seem to be included in the variational range of Sebastonyma dolopia. I suspect that medoensis and dolopia are conspecific, as suggested by Huang (2003:18). Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1867-[1868] : Descriptions of one hundred new species of Hesperidae.
London, Author, 8vo 1:ii + 25pp, 2:26-56.

Lee, C.L.,1979 : Some new species of Rhopalocera in China. V
Act. Zootax. Sin. 4(1):35-38, 1 pl.

Huang, H.,2003 : A list of butterfliescollected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongjiang, China with descriptions of new species, new subspecies and revisional notes (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Neue Ent. Nachr. 55:3-177.

Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Jin, J., Kizhakke, A.G., Wang, M., Kunte, K. & Fan, X.L.,2019 :
A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography
Syst. Entomol. 44:163-178.


♂, Lampang, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.11.30.