Kallima knyvettii

Kallima knyvettii Nicéville, 1886


♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Kallima knyvettii Nicéville, 1886
OD : Butts. India Burmah Ceylon 2: 267.
TL : Buxa, Bhutan.

Distribution : Bhutan, Assam, N.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos.

Synonym

Kallima philarchus knyvetti Fruhstorfer, 1898 : Berl. ent. Z. 43(1/2): 193. (ISS)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Kallima alompra ; Pinratana,1979 : 36, figs.N51,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Kallima knyvetti ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 38, pl.21, figs.47,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Kallima knyvetti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 380, pl.164, figs.N49,♂,♀. (Doi Inthanon)
Kallima knyvetti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 510, pl.228, figs.N397,♂,♀. (Doi Inthanon)
Kallima knyvetti ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Kallima knyvetti ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 64, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Kallima knyvetti ; Masui & Uehara,2001 : 7, figs.1,♂,♂(Un),2,♀,♀(Un). (Xam Neua)
Kallima knyvetti ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44, pl.3, figs.Ny-41,♀,♀(Un). (Phou Pan)
Kallima knyvetti ; Onodera,2022 : 31, pl.103, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 4♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 3♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally uncommon in evergreen montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 1500 - 1800m) and is more cautious than other species. Males are territorial on trees.

Two spellings of the specific name for this taxon are in use: knyvettii and knyvetti. The original spelling was knyvettii, but since Fruhstorfer (1898) altered the spelling to knyvetti, this spelling has been used for over a century. While knyvetti is an Incorrect Subsequent Spelling (ISS) of knyvettii, under the ICZN Code prevailing usage was thought to apply. However, recent literature and online resources have referred to it as knyvettii, particularly in the 2020s, and relatively few recent works before then discussed this species. As this practice is expected to increase and prevailing usage cannot apply to the ISS, I will use knyvettii here.

Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1886 : The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border, with numerous illustrations. Volume II (Nymphalidae, Libytheidae, Nemeobiidae).
Calcutta Central Press : vii + 332 pp, frontispiece, pls.18-24.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1998 : Neue Lepidopteren aus Asien.
Berl. ent. Z. 43(1/2): 175-199. (Nov.1898)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2008.02.29 - 2026.01.31.