Creon cleobis cleobis  (Godart, [1824])

Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Un. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Un.
♂ (bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Polyommatus cleobis Godart, [1824]
OD : in Ency. méth. 9(Ins.)(2):634.
TL : Bengale.
Distribution : Nepal, N.India, N.Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
● ssp.cleobis
ssp.queda
Creon cleobis cleobis map

Synonym

Amblypodia hypatada Moore,[1858] : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co. (1):45-46. TL. N.India.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Creon cleobis cleobis ; Pinratana,1981 : 128, pl.23, fig.7,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Creon cleobis cleobis ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 113. (by literature).
Creon cleobis cleobis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig.♂, Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.03.14)

[ LAOS ]
Cereon cleobis cleobis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 218, pl.124, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Cereon cleobis cleobis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55, pl.21, figs.Ly-226,♀,♀(Un). (Xieng Khouang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Cereon cleobis cleobis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,[2007] : 65, fig.L-121,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Cereon cleobis cleobis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 66. (N / C: Lam Dong / S: Vung Tau)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forest at moderate elevations (Alt. 760 - 1500m). Males are territorial on trees.


Literature

Godart, J.B.,[1824] : in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique.
ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes.
9(2):329-828, Paris.

Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,[1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London. East India Co.


Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Creon cleobis cleobis ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Creon cleobis cleobis ♂
♂ (bred), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

1999.07.18 - 2023.04.30.

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