Caltoris sirius sirius  (Evans, 1926)

Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Up. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Un. Caltoris sirius sirius ♀ Up. Caltoris sirius sirius ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Up. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Un. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Up. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, 2012.07.01. Dak Cheung, Sekong, Laos.
Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Up. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ Un. Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ genitalia Caltoris sirius sirius ♂ genitalia
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Baoris cahira sirius Evans, 1926
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(3):633.
TL : Karens. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Assam, Myanmar (Karens ; Dawnas),
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Caltoris sirius sirius map

Synonyms

Baoris sirius sirina Evans, 1932 : Ident. Indian Butts. (2nd ed.) : 412. TL. Manipur. (♂, NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Baoris sirius sirius ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 93.
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Evans,1949 : 451. (Siam)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Pinratana,1985 : 113. not fig. (no loc.)
'Caltoris sirius sirius ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 842, pl.387, fig.H300,♂(Un,Malaysia). [from Eliot,1992]'
Caltoris bromus bromus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 842, pl.387, figs.H303,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 106. (by literature)
'Caltoris sirius sirius ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 906, pl.419, figs.H297,♂(Un,Malaysia). [from Eliot,1992]'
Caltoris bromus bromus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 906, pl.419, figs.H300,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Evans,1949 : 451. (Tonkin)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 179. (Tam Dao; Ba Vi; Vu Quang)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Luong et al.,2004 : 15. (Cuc Phuong)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 17, fig.H-127,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Caltoris sirius sirius ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 84. (N / C: to Khanh Hoa)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ ; Mae Hong Son dist.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 14♂ 1♀ (incl. photo) ; Fang dist ; Mae On dist ; Chom Thong dist ; Omkoi dist.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Sekong : Dak Cheung. 1♂. 2012.07.01. K.Phongpiyamit (YI)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

New to Laos.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 700 - 1800m).
In the specimens from N.Thailand, the white spots on the UpF are very variable. Some specimens have reduced markings, lack white spots in space 1b and upper cell spot. The specimen shown in Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) is ssp.fusca from W.Malaysia and is not confirmed in Thailand.


Literature

Evans, W.H.,1926 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9-11).
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31(1):49-83, pl.30 ; (2):427-446, pl.31 ; (3):615-637, pl.32.


Caltoris sirius sirius ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.

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