Hidari bhawani

Hidari bhawani Nicéville, 1889


♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

♀, Kien Giang, Vietnam. (photo by E.Ikari)

ON : Hidari bhawani Nicéville, 1889
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4): 291, pl.13, fig.6,♂.
TL : "Arracan Coast, Burma" [Rakhine State, Myanmar]. (NZC)

Distribution : Assam, Myanmar (Rakhine State; Bago Region), Thailand, Cambodia, S.Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia.

Type Material Information

♂ Type, Feb.1886. Aracan coast, Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 29, figs.♂,♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Hidari bhawani ; Kimura,1997 : 40, pl.2, figs.35,♂,36,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 816, pl.375, figs.H237,♂,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 89. (by literature)
Hidari bhawani ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 876, pl.405, figs.H234,♂,♂(Un). (Rayong)
Hidari bhawani ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.02)
Hidari bhawani ; Saito & Inayoshi,2023b : 55, figs.6,♂,6v♂(Un),7,♀,7v,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Hidari bhawani ; Chartier,2019 : 123, fig.2B,2C-2P(Early Stages). (Koh Kong)
Hidari bhawani ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 126. (Koh Kong; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Hidari bhawani ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1970 ; 9-10, figs.149,♂,150,♂(Un),textfig.47(♂genitalia). (Trang Bom)
Hidari bhawani ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. (S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Nayok : 1♂.

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

Chanthaburi : 1♀.

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Kien Giang : 1♀.

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

Notes

This taxon was known from only one record from Rayong, S.E. Thailand (20.Aug.1988, Bro. Prasit Chaiphuck) and was recently rediscovered in 2023 by Supat Sophonviwatkul in Nakhon Nayok and Chanthaburi. The butterfly is localised and uncommon in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m). It seems to occur mainly in coastal areas. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1889 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4): 273-293, pls.13,14.

Chartier, G.,2019 : Discovery of the genus Hidari Distant, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) in Cambodia and life cycle of Hidari bhawani de Nicéville [1889] (sic).
Cambodian j. nat. hist. 2019(2): 121–127.


♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)	♀, Kien Giang, Vietnam. (photo by E.Ikari)

2018.03.31 - 2025.03.31.