Udara albocaeruleus albocaeruleus

Udara albocaeruleus albocaeruleus (Moore, 1879)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Polyommatus albocaeruleus Moore, 1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1): 139.
TL : 'Nepal; Deyra Doon' [Dehra Dun, India]. (NHML)

Distribution : Himalayas to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan.

Synonyms

Cyaniris ceyx amadis Fruhstorfer, 1910 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 71(2): 295. TL. 'West-China' [China].
Lycaenopsis albocaeruleus sauteri Fruhstorfer, 1917 : Arch. Naturgesch. (A)82(1): 13. TL. "Formosa" [Taiwan].
Celestrina albocaerulea yamamotoi Murayama, 1953 : Tyô to Ga 3(3): 17-18, fig.4(HT,♂), 5(PT,♂Un), 6(AT,♀). TL. "Isle of Yakushima" [Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan].

Type Materials Information

albocaerulea ; Lectytype ♂, "Deyra Doon" [Dehra Dun]. designated by Eliot & Kawazoé,1983. (NHML)
amadis ; Lectotype ♂, China. designated by Eliot & Kawazoé,1983.
sauteri ; Holotype ♂, Taiwan. (Ent. Mus., Dahlem)
yamamotoi ; Holotype ♂, 8.Aug.1951, Isle of Yakushima. (in coll. S.Murayama); Allotype ♀, 7.Jul.1951, same locality as holotype; Paratopotype 4♂, same locality as holotype.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 566 pl.256, figs.L94,♂,♂(Un).
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 584, pl.265, figs.L119,♂,♂(Un). (Mae Hong Son)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 193, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 214, pl.109, figs.♂,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Oudomxay; Xam Neua)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Onodera,2009b : 37. (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 51.
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Onodera,2022 : 75, pl.206, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang: Phou Samsoum; Phon Kham)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 130. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 120. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lycaenopsis albocaeruleus ; Metaye,1957 : 91. (no loc.)
Udara albocaerulea ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Bach Ma)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 53, figs.L-30,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Udara albocaerulea albocaerulea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 51. (N / C)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 5♂.

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

Chiang Mai : 8♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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

Nan : 4♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 6♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 450 - 1800m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Moore, F.,1879 : Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1): 136-144.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 71(2): 282-305. (15.Mar.1910)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1917 : Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis auf Grund morphologischer Vergleiche der Klammerorgane.
Arch. Naturgesch. (A)82(1): 1-42, 2 pls. (Jan.1917)

Murayama, S.,1953 : On some new Lycaenids from Japan (1).
Tyô to Ga 3(3): 17-21.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Nan, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1999.06.25 - 2025.06.30.