Acerbas sarala chinensis

Acerbas sarala chinensis (Evans, 1932)


♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.(photo by M.Hayashi)

♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Lotongus sarala chinensis Evans, 1932
OD : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) :383.
TL : W.Szechwan, China. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Sichuan.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Evans,1949 : 322. (Siam)
Lotongus sarala quinquepuncta ; Pinratana,1985 : 85. (no loc.)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Pinratana,1985 : 84, pl.28, fig.182a♂,♀(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 804, pl.369, figs.H212,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 83, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo)
Lotongus sarala quinquepuncta ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 83. (by literature)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 864, pl.398, figs.H210,♂,♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs.. Early Stages. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

[ LAOS ]
Lotongus sarala quinquepuncta ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 82. not fig. (Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Lotongus sarala quinquepuncta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.140, figs.♂,♀. (Lak Sao)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Onodera,2022 : 118, pl.256, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Keng Sa Doc)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Evans,1949 : 322. (Tonkin)
Lotongus sarala ; Metaye,1957 : 80
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 171. (Vu Quang)
Lotongus sarala chinensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 81. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by M.Hayashi, T.Aoyama & S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

Sa Kaeo : 1♂.

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

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 550m). Both sexes visit flowers.
Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

Evans, W.H.,1932 : The identification of Indian butterflies. second edition revised.
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : 10+454pp, 32 pls, 9f.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J. & Grishin, N.V.,2022 : Taxonoic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)
Insecta Mundi 0921: 1-135.


♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1999.09.11 - 2023.09.30.