Creteus cyrina cyrina  (Hewitson, 1876)

Creteus cyrina cyrina ♂ Up. Creteus cyrina cyrina ♂ Un. Creteus cyrina cyrina ♂ Up. Creteus cyrina cyrina ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam.

ON : Hesperia cyrina Hewitson, 1876
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:450.
TL : Darjiling. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan.
Creteus cyrina cyrina map

Synonyms

Parnara parca Nicéville, 1889 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4(3):174-176, pl.B, fig.10,♀. TL. Khasi Hills. (♀, NZC)
Pamphila meleagrina Elwes & Edwards, 1897 : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):233-234. (Published in synonymy)


Type Material Information

parca  ; ♀ Type, Khasi Hills. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 19, figs.♀(Un),♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Pinratana,1985 : 95, pl.33, fig.208,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 822, pl.378, figs.H243,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 91, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 880, pl.408, figs.H240,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.09.02)

[ LAOS ]
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6-7, 5, figs.25,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Osada, Uemura & Uehara,1999 : 224, pl.141, fig.♂. (Oudomxay)
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 59.

[ VIETNAM ]
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 173. (Ba Na)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 66, figs.4:8,♂,9,♂(Un),5:34(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15. (Cuc Phuong)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 14-15, figs.H-96,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Creteus cyrina cyrina ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 43, figs.120,♀,120v♀(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Cyrina cyrina cyrina ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 82. (N: Lao Cai, Can Ban / C)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 900 - 1700m). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Hewitson, W.C.,1876 : Descriptions of twenty five new species of Hesperidae from his own collection.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)18:449-457.

Nicéville, L. de,1889 : On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian region.
 with a revision of the genus Plestoneura of Felder and of Authors.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4(3):163-194, pls.A.B.

Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J.,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.


Creteus cyrina cyrina ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.03.31 - 2023.09.30.

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