Britomartis cleoboides viga  (Corbet, 1940)

Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Up. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Un. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♀ Up. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Up. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Un. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Up. Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Tajuria cleoboides viga Corbet, 1940
OD : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5):116-117, pl.1, figs.20,♂, 21,♀.
TL : North-East Sumatra. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand. Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Sumatra.
● ssp.cleoboides
ssp.viga
Britomartis cleoboides viga map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, North-East Sumatra. (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Feb.1903. Sumatra. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Britomartis cleoboides viga ; Pinratana,1981 : 131, pl.23, figs.13,♂,14,♂(Un). ('Bangkok'; Trang)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Seki,1986 : 20. (Ranong)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 692, pl.315, figs.L369,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Kaper)
Britomartis cleoboides cleoboides ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 734, pl.336, figs.L391,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Trang; Kaper)
Britomartis cleoboides viga ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 120, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong)
Britomartis cleoboides viga ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Ranong; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.08.20)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). They often fly out from bushes along the trail and rest on the underside of leaves.
Pinratana,1981 recorded it from 'Bangkok', but this is somewhat doubtful. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Corbet, A.S.,1940 : A revision of the Malayan species of Tajuria Mre. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5):107-120, 27 figs, pl.1.


Britomartis cleoboides viga ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.

2020.04.30 - 2023.08.31.

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