♂, 1994.11.26. Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, 1983.03.19. Ranong, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Hesperia cephala Hewitson, 1876 OD : Ent. mon. Mag. 13: 152. TL : "Darjeeling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML) Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, W.Malaysia.

[ THAILAND ]
'Scobura cephala ; Godfrey,1930 : 370. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Rai)'
Scobura cephala ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 40, figs.138,♂,♂(Un). (Kaeng Krachan; Ranong)

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Scobura cephala ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 170. (Vu Quang)
Scobura cephala ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 79. (N / C)

[ THAILAND ]
Kanchanaburi : 1♂.

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Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by M.Hayashi, K.Yano & T.Aoyama).

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Ranong : 2♂ ; Suk Samran dist.
1983.03.19. 1♂, Y.Inayoshi (YI). ; 1994.11.26. 1♂, S.Ruangrit (YI).

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The record of Godfrey (1930) should be Scobura isota. This is the first reliable record from Thailand.
The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m).

Hewitson, W.C.,1876 : Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian Lepidoptera, with Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera.
Ent. mon. Mag. 13: 149-152.

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.

Chiba, H. & Tsukiyama, H.,2010 : Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876), a newly recorded skipper from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae).
Tyô to Ga 60(4): 252-254.

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Yano)	♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

1999.09.11 - 2025.01.31.