Spitosa sobrina

Spitosa sobrina (Mell, 1923)


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

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Sospita sobrina Mell, 1923
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. 1923: 159.
TL : "Bergwälder in Westjünnan" [area around Fengyi town, Dali, W.Yunnan, S.W.China]. (MfN)

Distribution : E.Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Yunnan.

Synonyms

Abisara freda Bennett, 1957; Entomologist 90: 27, pl.2, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(♂ genitalia); TL: "Loimwe, S.Shan States, Burma" [Loimwe, S.Shan State, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Abisara freda daliensis Sugiyama, 1992; Pallarge 1: 10, figs.23(HT,♂), 24(HT,♂Un); TL. Dali, Yunnan, China: (in coll. H.Sugiyama)

Type Materials Information

sobrina ;
Lectotype ♂, 9.Sep.(19)14, Xiaochifo, Dali, W.Yunnan. det. by Huang et al.,2024. (MfN, photo examined.)
Paralectotypes det. by Huang et al.,2024 : 1♂, 15.Aug.(19)14, Chauchow, W.Yunnan. (MfN) ; 1♂, 20.Aug.(19)14, Chauchow, W.Yunnan. (MfN) ; 1♂, 3.Sep.(19)14, Xiaochifo, Dali. (MfN)
Syntype : 1♂, 7.Sep., Xiaochifo, Dali.
freda ; Holotype ♂, Rh.16903, Mar.1927. Loimwe, S.Shan States. (NHML, photo examined.)
daliensis ;
Holotype ♂, 25.May.1988. Dali, Yunnan, China. H. Sugiyama leg. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)
Paratype 1♂, 8.Jul.1988. same locality as holotype. H. Sugiyama leg. (in coll. H.Sugiyama)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara freda: Pinratana,1988 : 42, pl.38, fig.10,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Abisara freda freda: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 510, pl.229, figs.R10,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Abisara freda freda: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 522, pl.234, figs.L10,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Abisara freda freda: Kimura et al.,2014 : 19, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep, Sighting by Y.Kimura)
Abisara freda freda: Inayoshi,2009–2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂genitalia. (Chiang Mai) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)
Spitosa sobrina: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2026– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2026.05.24)

[ LAOS ]
Abisara freda: Osada et al.,1999 : 213, pl.104, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Phong Saly)
Abisara freda freda: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Abisara freda freda: Onodera,2022 : 69, pl.201, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)
Abisara freda freda: Inayoshi,2009–2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (Phong Saly; Siengkhouang) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abisara freda: Callaghan,2009 : 77, figs.41,♂,♂(Un),42,♀,♀(Un). (N: Huang Lien Son)
Abisara freda: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai)
Abisara freda freda: Inayoshi,2009–2024 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (Lao Cai: Huang Len Son) (31.May.2024 last updated ; 31.Aug.2024 changed.)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ (incl. photo by P.Sukkit & A.Giudici), (2♂ genitalia dissected).

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

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

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

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (1,000–1,400 m a.s.l.). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Mell, R, 1923. Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Südchina. II.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 1923: 153–160.

Bennett, N, 1957. A new species of Abisara from Burma (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae).
Entomologist, 90: 27, pl. 2.

Sugiyama, H, 1992. New Butterflies from West-China, Including Hainan.
Pallarge, 1: 1–19.

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, Léger, T. & Espeland, M, 2024. The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones.
Zootaxa, 5481(5): 591–599.

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

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2024.10.31 - 2026.05.31.