Rapala rectivitta (Moore, 1879)
Rapala rectivitta ♂ Up. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Un. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Up. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Rapala rectivitta ♂ Up. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Un. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Up. Rapala rectivitta ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Deudorix rectivitta Moore, 1879
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):141.
TL : N.Cachar, [Meghalaya, India].
Distribution : Bhutan, India (Sikkim; Assam), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam. 		Rapala rectivitta map
Synonym

Rapala buxaria Nicéville, 1889 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4):285-286, pl.14, fig.13,♂. TL. Bhutan.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Rapala nissa rectivitta ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 83. (N: Koon Tarn)'
Rapala rectivitta ; Pinratana,1981 : 151, not fig. (Chiang Mai)
Rapala rectivitta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 716, pl.327, figs.L422,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha) (in part)
Rapala rectivitta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 762, pl.350, figs.L443,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Phu Kha) (in part)
Rapala rectivitta ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 142, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂. (Doi Phu Kha) (in part)
Rapala rectivitta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2020- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kamphaeng Phet) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Rapala rectivitta ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.126, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua)
Rapala rectivitta ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.

[ VIETNAM ]
Rapala rectivitta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 69. (N / C: Dak Lak)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 10♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kamphaeng Phet : 4♂ (photo by R.Charoenpon).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1400 - 2200m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males are territorial on trees or shrubs. Further distributional research is needed.

rectivitta ♂ nissa ♂
Rapala rectivitta Rapala nissa
deep blue-shot in a side light. without blue-shot.
Literature

Moore, F.,1879 : Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879(1):136-144.

Nicéville, L. de,1889 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Part II. 57(4):273-293, pls.13,14.

Rapala rectivitta ♂ Rapala rectivitta ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand. (photo by R.Charoenpon)
1999.07.21 - 2023.10.31.
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