Spitosa fylla

Spitosa fylla (Westwood, 1851)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Taxila fylla Westwood, 1851
OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):422, pl.69, fig.3,♂.
TL : 'Nepaul [Nepal]; Sylhet [southern Khasia Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]; Northern India'. (NHML)

Distribution : Kumaon, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, C. to S.Vietnam.

Synonyms

Abisara fylla fyllaria Fruhstorfer, 1914 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:780, pl.139c. TL. Sikkim.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara fylla fylla ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Abisara fylla fylla ; Godfrey,1930 : 306. (Doi Chang; 'Prae: Me Song forest'; Chiang Mai)
Abisara fylla ; Pinratana,1988 : 42, pl.38, figs.9,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Abisara fylla fylla ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 65, fig.59,♀. (Umphang: Tha-Sai)
Abisara fylla ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 508, pl.228, figs.R9,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Abisara fylla fylla ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 520, pl.233, figs.L9,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Saket)
Abisara fylla ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 19, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phui; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon)
Abisara fylla fylla ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Tak) (accessed: 2023.05.05)

[ LAOS ]
Abisara fylla fylla ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, pl.2, fig.11,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Abisara fylla fylla ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.104, figs.♂,♀. (Lak Sao; Vang Vieng)
Abisara fylla fylla ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Abisara fylla fylla ; Onodera,2022 : 69, pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum; Tha)

[ VIETNAM ]
'Abisara fylla ; Vitalis,1919 : 235. (Tonkin)'
'Abisara fylla fylla ; Metaye,1957 : 92. (N)'
Abisara fylla ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Bach Ma)
Abisara fylla magdala ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 36, figs.R-4,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Abisara fylla magdala ; Callaghan,2009 : 76-77, figs.39,♂,♂(Un). (in part). (C: Ba Na / S: Nha Trang)
Abisara fylla ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ 1♀.

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

Chiang Mai : 17♂ 9♀ (incl. photo).

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

Lampang : 4♂ 2♀ (photo).

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

Nan : 4♂ 1♀.

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

[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Xiang Khouang : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Luang Prabang : Chamrong. 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).

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

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1100 - 1750m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.

Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : in Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
767-784. (14.Apr.1914)

Espeland, M., Hall, P.W.H., DeVries, P.J., Lees, D.C., Cornwall, M., Hsu, Y-F., Wu, L-W., Campbell, D.L., Talavera, G., Vila, R., Salzman, Shayla, Ruehr, S., Lohman, D.J. & Pierce, N.E.,2023 :
Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Mol. Phylogenet Evol. 93(2015)296–306.

Huang, S-Y., Inayoshi, Y. & Espeland, M.,2024 : Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae).
Zootaxa 5512 (2):295–300.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Lampang, Thailand.

♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31- 2024.10.31.