Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni (Talbot, 1936)

Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Up. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Un. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♀ Up. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♀ Un.
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Up. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Un. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♀ Up. Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♀ Un.
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ genitalia Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ genitalia Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ genitalia Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Sa Kaeo, Thailand.

ON : Spindasis vixinga davidsoni Talbot, 1936
OD : Entomologist 69: 59–60.
TL : "Prayao, North Siam" [Phayao, N.Thailand].
Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni map

Type Material Information

Holotype ♀, 10.Mar.1933. "Prayao" [Phayao], N.Siam. D.M.Davidson.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 80–81. (Prayao [Phayao])
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Pinratana,1981 : 113, pl.30, fig.12,♂(Un). (Prae)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 259, fig.153,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Huay Sing)
'Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 596, pl.270, fig.L178,♀(Un, Laos). [photo from Osada et al.,1999]'
'Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 624, pl.283, fig.L203,♀(Un, Laos). [photo from Osada et al.,1999]'
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Kimura et al.,2014 : 149, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sai Yok Noi)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Mukdahan; Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2023.05.31)

[ LAOS ]
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Osada et al.,1999 : 218, pl.122, fig.♀(Un). (Saravan)
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni: Nakamura & Wakahara,2008b : 56, figs.15,♀,16♂,♂(Un). (Attapeu)
Spindasis vixinga davidsoni: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 53, pl.16, fig.Ly-115,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (45km east of Attapeu)

[ VIETNAM ]
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni: Bui,2013 : 53, figs.♀,♀(Un). (C: Ninh Thuan: Nui Chua)
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (S: Ba Ria Vung Tau)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Lampang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 2♂ 2♀ (incl. photo & photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) (1♂ genitalia dissected).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 3♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is very localized and found in semi-dry forests at low elevations, but it is not uncommon in these habitats. Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Talbot, G, 1936. Notes upon some butterflies from Siam, with descriptions of new races and forms (Lep. Rhopalocera).
Entomologist, 69: 56–60.

Bui, H.M, 2013. A certain record of Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni Talbot, 1936 in Vietnam.
Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 64: 53.

Zhang, J, Cong, Q, Shen, J, Song, L. & Grishin, N.V, 2023. Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics.
The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 11(3): 1–93.


Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♀
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ♀, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂ Cigaritis vixinga davidsoni ♂
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)

1999.07.18 - 2024.08.31.

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