Caltoris plebeia  (Nicéville, 1887)

Caltoris plebeia ♂ Up. Caltoris plebeia ♂ Un. Caltoris plebeia ♀ Up. Caltoris plebeia ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Caltoris plebeia ♂ Up. Caltoris plebeia ♂ Un. Caltoris plebeia ♀ Up. Caltoris plebeia ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Caltoris plebeia ♂ Up. Caltoris plebeia ♂ Un. Caltoris plebeia ♂ genitalia Caltoris plebeia ♂ genitalia
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Parnara plebeia Nicéville, 1887
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):466, pl.40, fig.2,♂.
TL : Sikkim. (NZC)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Vienam,
W.Malaysia, Java, Borneo.
Caltoris plebeia map

Synonym

Pamphila mormo Mabille, 1893 : Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 37:53-54. TL. Java. (♂, NHML)


Type Materials Information

plebeia  ; 1♂ 1♀ Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 9, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Caltoris plebeia ; Pinratana,1985 : 115, pl.38, fig.268,♂ ; pl.39, fig.268,♂. (Chiang Mai; Trang; Yala)
Caltoris malaya ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.388, figs.H307,♀ (Un). (in part)
Caltoris plebeia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 844, pl.388, fig.H309,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Caltoris plebeia ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Maethro; Kam Puan; Muang Shone; Ka Chong; Thalebahn; Than To WF.)
Caltoris malaya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.420, fig.H305,♀(Un). (in part)
Caltoris plebeia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 909, pl.420, fig.H306,♂. (Ranong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Caltoris plebeia ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2002 : 152. (Ba Be; Kon Ka Kinh)
Caltoris plebeia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 85. (N / C)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,1887 : Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India,
with some Notes on the Seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887(3):448-467, pls.39,40.

Mabille, P.,1893 : Description de Lepidopteres nouveaux.
Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 37:50-65.


Caltoris plebeia ♀
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.

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