Lamproptera curius walkeri

Lamproptera curius walkeri (Moore, 1902)


♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)		♂, Ninh Binh, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Leptocircus walkeri Moore, 1902
OD : Lep. Ind. 5:137.
TL : Hong Kong. (NHML)

Distribution : N.Vietnam, S.E.Yunnan, Hainan,
Hong Kong, S.China.

	● ssp.curius
	● ssp.walkeri

Synonym

Leptocircus curius magistralis Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Soc. ent. 24(9):68. TL. "Yunnan, Möngtze" [Mengzi, S.Yunnan]. (♂♀, NHML)

Type Materials Information

walkeri ;
♀, Type (red), #149657, Mar.92. Hong Kong, J.J.Walker (NHML, examined)
2♀, Cotype (yellow), Mar.92. Hong Kong, J.J.Walker (NHML, examined)
magistralis ; Syntype ♀, Type (red), #149655, Mengtzee, Yunnan. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Leptocircus curius walkeri ; Jordan,1909 : 108. (Tonkin)
Papilio curius f. walkeri ; Dubois & Vitalis,1914 : 151. (Tonkin)
Papilio curius f. walkeri ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 16. (Tonkin)
Leptocircus curius walkeri ; Metaye,1957 : 84. (N)
Lamproptera curius curius ; Ikeda et al.,1998 : 17, figs.5:15,♂,16,♂,17,♂(Un),18,♀,10:23(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Lamproptera curius walkeri ; Shinkai,1999 : 63-64. (N: Tam Dao)
Lamproptera curius walkeri ; Luong et al.,2004 : 2, 29, figs.♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lamproptera megtes virescens ; Luong et al.,2004 : 2, 29, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lamproptera curius walkeri ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 98-99, pl.31, fig.3(Type,♀,HongKong). (throughout Vietnam)
Lamproptera curius walkeri ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 15. (N) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 2♂ 2♀.

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

Ninh Binh : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations. Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Moore, F.,1901-1902 : Lepidoptera Indica. vol.V. Rhopalocera, Family Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Papilionidae.
5:1-96, 1901; 97-225, 1902. L.Reeve & Co., London.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Neue Leptocircus - Rassen.
Soc. ent. 24(9):68 ; 24(10):76.

Jordan, K.,1909 : Die Indo-Australische Tagfalter. Papilionidae in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde
9:105-112.

1996.10.08 - 2022.11.30.