Catopsilia scylla cornelia  (Fabricius, 1787)

Catopsilia scylla cornelia ♂ Up. Catopsilia scylla cornelia ♂ Un. Catopsilia scylla cornelia ♀ Up. Catopsilia scylla cornelia ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chonburi, Thailand.

ON : Papilio cornelia Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:21.
TL : 'Trauquebariae' ['Pulau Salang (Phuket) or Malay Peninsula'].
Distribution : Great Nicobar, S.Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman,
Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan.
Catopsilia scylla cornelia map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Catopsilia scylla scylla ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 163. (Siam)
Catopsilia scylla sidra ; Godfrey,1916 : 116. (Bangkok)
Catopsilia scylla sidra ; Godfrey,1930 : 229. (all over)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Pinratana,1983 : 26, pl.21, figs.45,♂,♀. (Bangkok; Chonburi; Chumphon; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Phang Nga; Prachuap Khiri Khan; Sara Buri)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 46, figs.42,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 168, pl.56, figs.Pi49,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Bangkok; Chiang Mai; Ban Hong; Trat: Koh Chang)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.10.15)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 151, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Mouk Lek; Sarika; Nakohn Nayok; Bangkok; Bang Sarrey; Kao Chamaoh; Kao Soi Dao; Kanchanaburi; Haadjai)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 168, pl.56, figs.Pi49,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Bangkok; Chiang Mai; Ban Hong; Koh Chang)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Kanchanaburi) (accessed: 2022.10.15)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 201, fig.Abb.Pi-096. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 51, col.pl.12, fig.♂ ; pl.27, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Ban Houei Sai; Pakse; Vientiane; Nam Ngum Dam)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 203, pl.40, figs.♂,♀. (Lak Sao; Xiang Khouang)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 40. (Thakhek; Nakai)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Onodera,2022 : 19, pl.74, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan; Beungra; Xaisomboun: Nam Phang)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Woodfield & Murton,2006 : figs,♀,♀(Un). (Botum Sakor NP.)
Catopsilia scylla ; Onodera,2007 : 22. (Rattanakiri: Ta Veaeng)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 114. (Kep; Koh Kong; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Catopsilia scylla scylla ; Metaye,1957 : 87. (N / C / S)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Luong et al.,2004 : 2. (Cuc Phuong)
Catopsilia scylla ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 39. (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 14, figs.Pi-28,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Madagui; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien; Ho Chi Minh)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Nihira,2009 : 98. (Phu Quoc)
Catopsilia scylla cornelia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 18. (C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chonburi : 4♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 600m) and is frequently found at parks or gardens. Both sexes visit flowers.
Corbet (1941:105) suggested that the type specimen of cornelia was obtained from "Pulau Salang" [Phuket] or the Malay Peninsula.


Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Corbet, A.S.,1941 : Observations on Certain of the Fabrician Names onf Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.)
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)10(6):98-106.

Kunte, K., Sondhi, S. & Roy, P.,2010- : Butterflies of India
Butterflies of India, v.4.12. Catopsilia scylla (accessed: 2023.03.27)


Catopsilia scylla cornelia ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1996.10.31 - 2023.12.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.