Zizeeria karsandra  (Moore, 1865)

Zizeeria karsandra ♂ Up. Zizeeria karsandra ♂ Un. Zizeeria karsandra ♀ Up. Zizeeria karsandra ♀ Un.
♂, Roiet, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Zizeeria karsandra ♂ Up. Zizeeria karsandra ♂ Un. Zizeeria karsandra ♀ Up. Zizeeria karsandra ♀ Un.
♂, Bangkok, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Polyommatus karsandra Moore, 1865
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(2):505, pl.31, fig.7.
TL : Plains of N.W.India. (NHML)
Distribution : Egypt to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Hainan, China, Taiwan, Langkawi, W.Malaysia,
Singapore to New Guinea, N. & E. Australia.
Zizeeria karsandra map

Synonyms

Lampides neis Walker, 1870 : Entomologist 5:54. TL. Wady Genneh, Arabia. (♂)
Lycaena conformis Butler, 1877 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):469. TL. Cape Yoork. (NHML)
Zizera ishigakiana Matsumura, 1929 : Ins. matsumur. 3(2/3):105-106. TL. Ishigakijima, Japan. (EIHU)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Zizera karsandra ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 79. (Lampang: Me Htam forest)
Zizeeria knysna karsandra ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 85, pl.16, figs.123,♂,124,♂(Un),125,♀,126,♀(Un),Textfig.43,♂genitalia. (Chieng Mai; Bangkok)
Zizeeria knysna karsandra ; Kawazoé,1964 : 152-153. (C: Tom Buri)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Pinratana,1981 : 51, pl.7, fig.30,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Ratchasima; Ratchaburi)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 568, pl.257, figs.L101,♂,♂(Un),♂,♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok; Chanthaburi)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 588, pl.266, figs.L126,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok; Chanthaburi)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 181, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon; Phu Khiewo; Thoen; Bang Phra; Pattaya; Bangkok; Sai Yok Noi; Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Zizeeria karsandra ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2022- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Sa Kaeo; Chonburi; Chachoengsao) (accessed: 2023.03.26)

[ LAOS ]
Zizeeria karsandra ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 70. not fig. (list only)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.108, fig.♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 45-46. (Nhahin)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52, pl.14, figs.Ly-52,♀,♀(Un). (Phou Bia)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Onodera,2022 : 74, pl.205, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Houay Phet; Khammouan: Thakhek)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Zizeeria karsandra ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Kandal; Kep; Koh Kong; Phnom Penh; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Zizeeria karsandra ; Ikeda et al.,2001 : 48, figs.2:13,♂,14,♂(Un),6:13(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Luong et al.,2004 : 9. (Cuc Phuong)
Zizeeria karsandra karsandra ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 52, fig.L-21,♂. (Ho Chi Minh)
Zizeeria karsandra karsandra ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, fig.L-21♀. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 51. (N / C: Lam Dong / S)
Zizeeria karsandra ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Coto; Nui Ket)


Specimens Examined

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

Tak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Roiet : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bangkok : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao ; Koh Phangan) : 3♂ (photo by P.Kosierb, A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in fields, wasteland and roadsides around secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 1000m). Both sexes visit flowers. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Moore, F.,1865 : List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A.M.Lang in the N.W. Himalayas.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(2):486-511, pls.30,31.

Walker, F.,1870 : A list of the Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science
Entomologist 5(76):48-57.

Butler, A.G.,1877 : On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Cape York and the south-east Coast of New Guinea.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877(3):466-475.

Matsumura, S.,1929 : New butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa.
Ins. matsumur. 3(2/3):87-107, pl.4.


Zizeeria karsandra ♂
♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.04 - 2023.04.30.

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