Creon cleobis cleobis  (Godart, [1824])

Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Un. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♀ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♂ Un. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Up. Creon cleobis cleobis ♀ Un.
♂ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. ♀ (ws), Nakhon Nayok, 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, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan.
● ssp.cleobis
ssp.queda
Creon cleobis cleobis map

Synonyms

Amblypodia hypatada Moore,[1858] : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co. (1):45-46. TL. N.India.
Tajuria nanlingana Wang & Fan,2002 : 179, pl.13, figs.17(HT,♂), 18(HT,♂Un), text-fig.86(♂genitalia). TL. Ruyuan, Guangdong. (RITF)


Type Material Information

nanlingana ; Holotype ♂, 18.Apr.1996. Ruyuan, Guangdong. Gu Maobin leg. (RITF)


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, figs., Early Stages. (Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.08.20)

[ 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 : 4♂ 5♀ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul, M.Hayashi).
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.

Wang, M. & Fan, X.,2002 : Butterflies Fauna Sinica: Lycaenidae.
Henan Science and Technology Publishing House. 439p., 28 pls.

Huang, H.,2022 : Taxonomy and morphology of Chinese butterflies 2
Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Iolaini: Genera Tajuria Moore, 1881, Pratapa Moore, 1881, Dacalana Moore, 1884, Maneca de Nicéville,1890, Creon de Nicéville, 1896 and Bullis de Nicéville, 1897 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Atalanta 53(1/2):136-199.


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 - 2023.09.30.

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