Iambrix stellifer  (Butler, 1879)

Iambrix stellifer ♂ Up. Iambrix stellifer ♂ Un. Iambrix stellifer ♀ Up. Iambrix stellifer ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Iambrix stellifer ♂ Up. Iambrix stellifer ♂ Un. Iambrix stellifer ♂ Up. Iambrix stellifer ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Astictopterus stellifer Butler, 1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2) Zool. 1(8):555.
TL : Malacca. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra,
Nias, Java, Batoe, Mentawi.
Iambrix stellifer map

Synonym

Koruthaialos niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24:91-92. TL. Nias. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Iambrix stellifer ; Godfrey,1930 : 369. (Me Wong; Bangnara; Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Iambrix stellifer ; Evans,1949 : 272. (Siam)
Iambrix stellifer ; Pinratana,1985 : 60, pl.20, figs.118,♀,♂(Un). (Ranong; Phang Nga; Yala)
Iambrix stellifer ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 62, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Sai York Noi; Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Iambrix stellifer ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.08.03)
Iambrix stellifer ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 91-92, figs.Abb.H-131-132. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Iambrix stellifer ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 81, pl.114, figs.A5,♀,A6,♀(Un). (Vientiane)
Iambrix stellifer ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 223, pl.139, fig.♂(Un). (Phong Si)
Iambrix stellifer ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 49. (Namdhua)
Iambrix stellifer ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Iambrix stellifer ; Onodera,2022 : 116, pl.252, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 6♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1000m) and is often found at forest edges. Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond., (2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 24(3-5):58-104.


Iambrix stellifer ♂ Iambrix stellifer ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.

1999.09.04 - 2023.08.31.

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