Lethe rohria rohria

Lethe rohria rohria (Fabricius, 1787)


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

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

ON : Papilio rohria Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:45.
TL : "India".

Distribution : NW.India to Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S.Sichuan.

Synonym

Debis dyrta C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867 : Reise öst. Fregatte Novara. Zool. Theil (3):497. TL. "Bengalia" [Bengal, India]. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lethe rohria rohria ; Godfrey,1930 : 244. (N: Khun Than; W: Pang Yao)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Pinratana,1988 : 12, pl.11, figs.19,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chonburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Chaiyaphum; 'Yala' [loc.err.])
Lethe rohria rohria ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 242, pl.93, figs.S20,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phu Khieo)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 240, pl.92, figs.N56,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Phu Khieo)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Uémura,2010 : 3.
Lethe rohria rohria ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.06.30)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 168, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Phui; Doi Suthep; Doi Pa Chang; Phu Khiewo; Wan Nam Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Lethe dyrta ; Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Laos)
Lethe dyrta f. neelgheriensis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 28. (Ban-Soui; Hat-Kiang)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.90, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nong Het; Xiang Khouang)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Uémura,2003 : 3, fig.20 map. (Phong Saly; Nong Het)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Lethe rohria rohria ; Onodera,2022 : 55, pl.164, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Plain of Jars)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Lethe rohria rohria ; Kosterin,2019b : 33, figs.34,♀(Un),35,♀(Un). (Mondulkiri)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe rohria ; Joannis,1901 : 317. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Lethe dyrta ; Joannis,1901 : 317. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Lethe dyrta dyrta ; Fruhstorfer,1911 : 317. (Tonkin)
Lethe dyrta ; Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Tonkin)
Lethe drypetis f. todara ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 28. (Tonkin: Chapa)
Lethe dyrta ; Lemée,1950 : 8. (Hanoi)
Lethe dyrta dyrta ; Metaye,1957 : 102. (N)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 52-53, pl.12, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Tam Dao; Muong Nhe / C: Ben En; Kon Ka Kinh; Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 24, fig.S-58,♂. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N / C / S)
Lethe rohria rohria ; Saito et al.,2017 : 82. (S: Nui Cam)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 9♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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

Nan : 1♂ 1♀.

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 locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 350 - 1200m).
Pinratana (1988) recorded it from 'Yala', but this is doubtful. Hitherto, this species has never been found in peninsular Thailand. It is most likely to be an erroneous location or a misidentification.

Literature

Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,[1865]-1874 : Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair.
Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Lepidoptera. Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn.
(1):[4] + 1-136, pls. 1-21 ([12 January 1865]) ; (2):[2] + 137-378, pls. 22-47 ([after October] 1865) ; (3):[2] + 379-536, pls.48-74 ([25 April] 1867) ; (4):[6] + 1-9 [explanation of plates] ([31 December] 1874)


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

1998.12.10 - 2025.02.28.