Luthrodes pandava pandava  (Horsfield, [1829])

Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Un. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (csf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Un. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Un.
♂ (wsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Un. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Up. Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀ Un.
♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Lycaena pandava Horsfield, [1829]
OD : Descr. Cat. lepid. Ins. (2):84-86.
TL : Java.
Distribution : India to Myanmar, Andamans, Nicobars,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tiomon, Aur, Singapore, Borneo,
Enggano, Belitung, Java, Bali, Sumba.
Luthrodes pandava pandava map

Synonyms

Catochrysops bengalia Nicéville, 1885 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 54(1):47-48. TL. Calcutta. (♂, NZC)
Catochrysops nicola Swinhoe, 1885 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):132. TL. Poona. (♀, NHML)


Type Material Information

bengalia ; Type ♂, Calcutta. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 102, figs.♂,♂(Un).
nicola ; Lectotype ♀, BMNH(E)#264420, Poona. designated by Balint,1999 (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Catochrysops pandava ; Godfrey,1916 : 137.
Euchrysops pandava pandava ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Euchrysops pandava pandava ; Godfrey,1930 : 316. (Chiang Rai; Pak Jong; Bangkok)
Euchrysops pandava pandava ; Godfrey,1931 : 195. (Ko Tao)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 88-89, pl.18, figs.135,♂,136,♂(Un),137,♀,138,♀(Un), Textfig.46,♂genitalia. (Chieng Mai; Mae Hoi; Doi Inthanon)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Kawazoé,1964 : 152. (N: Ban Taka)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Pinratana,1981 : 53, pl.8, figs.5,♂,6,♀,7,♂(Un),8,♂(dsf,Un),10,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chonburi; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 257, fig.178,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Pha Thaep; Phu Pha Phung; Ban Naudom)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 34. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huay Sing; Ban Gok Tum; Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng E-Keow)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 53. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Hin Khan; Ubon Ratchathani: Kaen Tana; Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 47, fig.53,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 572, pl.258, figs.L106[L107], ♂,♂(Un),♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un),♀,♀(Un),♀(dsf),♀(dsf,Un). (Rangsit, Ban Hong)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Butterflies of Koh Samui, fig.♂,[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (in part) (accessed: 2021.01.30)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 590, pl.267, figs.L132,♂,♂(Un),♂(dsf),♂(dsf,Un) ; pl.268, figs.L.132,♀,♀(Un),♀(dsf),♀(dsf,Un). (Rangsit; Ban Hong)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 6. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 196, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Thoen; Mouk Leck; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Bang Phra; Maesohd; Thung Yai; Kaeng Chai; Sai York Noi; Kanchanaburi; Kao Phang; Kaeng Kratchan)
Chilades pandava pandava ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Kanchanaburi; Bangkok; Ratchaburi; Saraburi; Trat) (accessed: 2023.03.26)

[ LAOS ]
Chilades pandava pandava ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 71, pl.101, figs.A11,♂,A12,♂(Un) ; B1,♀,B2,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Luang Prabang; Pakse)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 215, pl.110, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀. (Saravan; Vientiane)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 46. (Namdhua; Thakhek)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 52.
Chilades pandava pandava ; Onodera,2022 : 78, pl.208, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Thakhek; Savannakhet)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Chilades pandava pandava ; Shirôzu & Saigusa,1962 : 88-89, pl.18, figs.135,♂,136,♂(Un),137,♀,138,♀(Un), Textfig.46,♂genitalia. (Poipet)
Chilades pandava ; Onodera,2007 : 20, fig.81,♂. (Stung Treng: Sangkum Andet)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 121. (Battambang; Banteay Meanchey; Kep; Kampong Thom; Mondulkiri; Phnom Penh; Preah Sihanouk; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Catochrysops pandava ; Metaye,1957 : 90. (no loc.)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Luong et al.,2004 : 10, 75, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Chilades pandava ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 56, figs.L-39,♂,♀. ( Lam Dong: Madagui; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 52. (N: Bac Can / C: Tuyen Quang / S)
Chilades pandava pandava ; Saito et al.,2017 ; 80. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Ket)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♀ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chonburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao ; Koh Phangan) : 4♂ 2♀ (incl.photo by P.Kosierb).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is very common in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 800m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Horsfield, T.,1828-1829 :
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new Species and of the Metamorphosis of Indian Lepidoptera, with introductory Observations on a general arrangement of this Order of Insects.
London. Parbury, Allen and Co., 2 parts.

Nicéville, L.de,1885 : List of the Butterflies of Calcutta and its Neighbourhood.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 54(1)39-54.

Swinhoe, C.,1885 : On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885(1):124-148, pl.9.

Seki et al.,1991 : Butterflies of Borneo. Vol.2, No.1. Lycaenidae.
Tobishima Corporation.

Bálint, Z.,1999 : Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Neue ent. Nachr. 46:1-89.

Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R.,2013 :
Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Cladistics. 29:1–27.

Stradomsky, B.V.,2016 : A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12(1):145-156.


Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀
♂ (csf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (csf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Luthrodes pandava pandava ♂ Luthrodes pandava pandava ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

1999.07.04 - 2023.04.30.

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