Lethe kansa
(Moore, 1857)
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♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Tak, Thailand. |
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Phrae, Thailand. |
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. |
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. |
ON :
Debis kansa Moore, 1857
OD : in: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1:220.
TL : Darjeeling. (NHML)
Distribution : Kumaon, Nepal to Assam, Myanmer, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Hainan.
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Synonyms
Lethe kansa zeugitana Fruhstorfer, 1911 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:318. TL. Assam.
Lethe kansa vaga Fruhstorfer, 1911 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:318-319. TL. Tandong, Tenasserim.
Type Material Information
kansa ;
Syntype ♂, Rh2614, Darjiling. (NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Lethe kansa ; Godfrey,1927 : 121. (N)
Lethe kansa ; Godfrey,1930 : 246.
Lethe kansa vaga ; Pinratana,1988 : 14, pl.14, figs.27,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Loei; Chaiyaphum)
Lethe kansa kansa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 248, pl.96, figs.S30,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Lethe kansa kansa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 248, pl.96, figs.N66,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 172, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Par Hom Pok; Doi Phui; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Doi Pa Chang; Phu Kradung; Phu Khiewo)
Lethe kansa ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2024.05.31)
[ LAOS ]
Lethe kansa f. vaga ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 29. (Lak-Nam; Sala-Pak-Konh-Keng)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 5, figs.13,♂,♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.90, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay; Xiang Khouang)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Uémura,2003 : 3, fig.22,map. (Phong Saly; Xam Neua; Xiang Khouang)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Uémura,2006 : 3, fig.9,map. (Ban Namnian)
Lethe kansa kansa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Lethe kansa kansa ; Onodera,2022 : 56, pl.167, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Luang Phabang: Somboun; Oudomxai)
[ CAMBODIA ]
Lethe kansa vaga ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Lethe kansa ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Pursat)
[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe kansa vaga ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 54, pl.12, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Tam Dao; Ba Vi / C: Kon Ka Kinh; Kon Plong)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 31, figs.S-12,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Lethe kansa vaga ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N / C)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂ 1♀.
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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 8♀ (incl. photo).
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Lampang : 2♂ (photo).
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Phrae : 2♂.
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Nan : 4♂ 1♀.
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Tak : 2♂ (incl. photo).
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Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
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Nakhon Nayok : 2♂ (photo by M.Hayashi & S.Sophonviwatkul).
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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂.
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[ LAOS ]
Luang Prabang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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Oudomxai : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
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[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 3♂ 1♀.
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Notes
The butterfly is common in montane and secondary forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 250 - 1600m).
Males are territorial on shrubs.
Literature
Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,1857, [1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.
Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
313-328. (25.Apr.1911)
Evans, W.H.,1932 : The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2)
Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., Madras : iii-x,1-454, pl.1-32.
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| ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
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| ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) |
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