Archigenes savitri savitri

Archigenes savitri savitri (Felder & Felder, 1860)


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

♀, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Abisara savitri Felder & Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):397.
TL : Malay Pen.

Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia,
Singapore.

	● ssp.albisticta
	● ssp.savitri

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara savitri savitri ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 23, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.) (in part)
Abisara savitri savitri ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.08.05)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 4♂ 4♀ (incl. photo & photo by C.Sunthornwiphat).

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

Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 250 - 450m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees.
The specimens from Yala are mostly the same as ssp.savitri from mainland of W.Malaysia. But occasionally intermediate individuals with ssp.albisticata are found. It seems to be a transition area from ssp.savitri to ssp.albisticata.

Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

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


♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by C. Sunthornwiphat)

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2021.08.31.