Abisara latifasciata  Inoué & Kawazoé, 1965

Abisara latifasciata ♂ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♂ Un. Abisara latifasciata ♂ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♂ Un.
♂, 1958.10.26. Dalat, Lang Bien, Vietnam.
Holotype
♂, 1960.06.19. Dinh Quan, Long Khanh, Vietnam.
Paratype
Abisara latifasciata ♂ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♂ Un. Abisara latifasciata ♀ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Abisara latifasciata ♂ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♂ Un. Abisara latifasciata ♀ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ Lampang, Thailand.
Abisara latifasciata ♀ Up. Abisara latifasciata ♀ Un. Abisara latifasciata ♂ genitalia Abisara latifasciata ♂ genitalia
♀, Lampang, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♀ of Abisara abnormis, latifasciata, bifasciata
♀ of Abisara abnormis, latifasciata, bifasciata, Thailand.

ON : Abisara geza latifasciata Inoué & Kawazoé, 1965
OD : Nature Life Southeast Asia 4:322, pl.2, figs.15(HT,♂),16(HT,♂Un) ;
pl.3, figs.17(PT,♂),18(PT,♂Un).
TL : Dalat, C.Vietnam. (♂, RIEB)
Distribution : Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
Abisara latifasciata map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 26.Oct.1958. Dalat (Alt.1500m), Thac Pongour, Lang Bien, C. Vietnam. S.Inoué leg. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratype ♂, 19.Jun.1960. Foret de Dinh Quan, Long Khanh, S.Vietnam. S.Inoué leg. (RIEB, examined.)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara geza latifersia [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 512, pl.230, figs.R14a,♂,♂(Un). ('Ranong' [loc.err.])
Abisara geza latifersia [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 524. ('Ranong' [loc.err.])
Abisara abnormis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.235, figs.L13,♂,♂(Un) (Wang Nam Khieo), ♂ ('Ranong' [loc.err.]) (in part).
Abisara abnormis ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 21, figs.♀,♀(Un) (Wan Nam Khiewo),♀,♀(Un) (Wan Nam Khiewo). (Wan Nam Khiewo) (in part)
Abisara latifasciata ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 21, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Wan Nam Khiewo; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Sai Yok Noi)

[ LAOS ]
Abisara abnormis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 67, col.pl.14,♀ ; pl.96, figs.7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Pakse)
Abisara abnormis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : pl.104, figs.♂,♀(Un). (Vientiane) (in part)
Abisara latifasciata ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.13, figs.Ri-17,♂,♂(Un). (Ban Champasak)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Abisara geza ; Onodera,2008 : 57,58. (Mondolkiri: Ou Play; Bousra)
Abisara geza ; Onodera,2009 : figs.♀,♀(Un).
Abisara latifasciata ; Onodera,2022 : 128, pl.267, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Mondulkiri: Bousra)
Abisara latifasciata ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 119. (Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abisara abnormis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 104. (Cochinchine: Montagnes de Chau Doc)
Abisara latifasciata ; Callaghan,2009 : 74, figs.31,♂,♂(Un),32,♀,♀(Un). (C: Dar Lac Road)
Abisara latifasciata ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 10♂ 10♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lamphun : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 10♂ 12♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phitsanulok : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by T.Laola).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Mukdahan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Dong Nai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane dry forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 700m). This species is sympatric with A.abnormis and A.bifasciata, depending on its habitat.


Literature

Inoué, S. & Kawazoé, A.,1965 : Riodinidae, Curetidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera : Rhopalocera) from South Viet-Nam.
Nature and Life in Southeast Asia 4 : 317-394, 19 pls.

Callaghan, C.J.,2009 : The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera)
J. Lep. Soc. 63(2):61-82. 64 figs.


Abisara latifasciata ♂ Abisara latifasciata ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Abisara latifasciata ♀ Abisara latifasciata ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Abisara latifasciata ♂ Abisara latifasciata ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2016.01.31 - 2023.05.31.

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