Spitosa fylla
(Westwood, 1851)
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, 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 Khasi Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]; Northern India'. (NHML)
Distribution : Kumaon, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, C. to S.Vietnam.
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Synonyms
Abisara fylla fyllaria Fruhstorfer, 1914; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. 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: Nishimura,2026 : 33, figs.3-1,♂,3-1v♂(Un),3-2,♀,3-2v♀(Un). (Mae Hong Son: Na Pu Pon)
Spitosa fylla: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2026– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Tak) (accessed: 2026.05.24)
[ LAOS ]
Abisara fylla fylla: Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, pl.2, fig.11,♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Abisara fylla fylla: Osada et al.,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 et al.,2006c : 36, figs.R-4,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Abisara fylla magdala: Callaghan,2009 : 76–77, figs.39,♂,♂(Un). (partim). (C: Ba Na; S: Nha Trang)
Abisara fylla: Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
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Chiang Mai : 17♂ 9♀ (incl. photo).
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Lampang : 4♂ 2♀ (photo).
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Nan : 4♂ 1♀.
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[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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Xiang Khouang : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
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Luang Prabang : Chamrong. 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).
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Notes
The butterfly is common in forests at moderate to high elevations (1,100–1,750 m a.s.l.).
Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.
Literature
Westwood, J.O, 1851. In: Doubleday, E., Doubleday, E., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus.
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 2(46): 411–418, pls. 69–70. ([6].Aug.1851)
Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 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, 2015.
Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93: 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.
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| ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Lampang, Thailand. |
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| ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Lampang, Thailand. |
Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31- 2026.05.31.
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A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.