LEPIDOPTERA FROM CAMBODIA

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PAPILIONIDAE

Atrophaneura coon doubledayi        
  

Graphium agamemnon agamemnon        
    

    

    

    

    

Graphium agetes agetes               
        

 

Graphium antiphates pompilius


Graphium arycles sphinx             
      

      

      

  

Graphium doson axion                     
       	

Graphium megarus megapenthes 
      

       

Graphium sarpedon sarpedon               
        	

     

     

     

Graphium xenocles lindos
       

      

      

      

   

Graphium xenocles lindos et G. megarus megapenthes 
               

       

 

Graphium spp		            
      

      

      

      

       

       

Lamproptera curius curius            
     

 

     

     

     

     

   

     

  

Lamproptera meges annamiticus     
     

      

      

      



Pachylopta aristolochiae goniopeltis
      

       

Papilio clytia clytia               
        

          

          

   

         

      

        

Papilio demoleus malayanus          
          

          

            

          

         

     

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

        

     

     

Papilio demolion demolion
     

   

Papilio helenus helenus   
       

       

       

       

       

Papilio mahadeva mahadeva
 

Papilio memnon agenor               
        

       

       

       

       

            

          

          

 

Papilio nephelus chaon              
          

         

     

Papilio paradoxus telearchus             
    	

Papilio paris paris
    	      	

    	      	

    	     	

    	      	

    	      	

    	      	



Papilio polytes romulus             
         

         

         

     

     

             

      

        

  

Troides aeacus aeacus               
        

        

    

Troides helena cerebrus                
	         

Papilionidae 2 spp.                 
      

      

    

    



Papilionidae 3 spp.                   
    


PIERIDAE
   PIERINAE

Appias albina darada                
    

 

Appias lyncida eleonora             
    



Appias olferna olferna              
     

Cepora iudith siamensis             
   



Cepora iudith siamensis, Catopsilia pomona pomona
 

Cepora nadina nadina                
     

     



Cepora nerissa dapha, Cepora iudith siamensis, Catopsilia pomona pomona
 

Delias acalis shinkaii             
      

    

      

Delias descombesi descombesi        
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Delias hyparete indica


Delias pasithoe                     


Ixias pyrene verna                  
   

  

  

Leptosia nina nina                  
     



Pareronia anais                     


   

Prioneris philonome clemanthe   
     

     

Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe, Cepora nadina nadina and Eurema hecabe hecabe, Cambodia


   COLIADINAE

Catopsilia pomona pomona            


     

     

            

      

     



Catopsilia pyranthe   
 

Eurema blanda silhetana
 

Eurema hecabe hecabe
            

      

      

  

Eurema sari sodalis                 
   

    

     

Eurema sari et hecabe               Cambodia
     

Eurema sp.                          
 

Eurema sp., Eurema hecabe, Catopsilia pomona pomona, Ixias pyrene verna
 

Gandaca harina burmana               
  

Gandaca harina burmana and Eurema hecabe hecabe 




LYCAENIDAE

   RIODININAE

Abisara bifasciata angustilineata   
        

Abisara echerias paionea 
      

Abisara latifasciata           
     

      

    

Taxila harquinus berthae  
 

      

Zemeros flegyas allica    
      

     

      

     



      

   CURETINAE

Curetis saronis indosinica
   

   PORRITTINAE

Poritia erycinoides elsiei
     

Poritia ?hewitsoni              
     

     




   MILETINAE

Allotinus unicolor                 


Miletus ancon siamensis
   

Miletus chinensis	            
   

   THECLINAE

Ahmetia achaja		      
   

Amblypodia anita        
   

   

        

Arhopala abseus indica          
         

Arhopala aedias meritatus
 

Arhopala aida aida 
     

Arhopala alitaeus mirabella   
 

Arhopala ammonides ammonides
    

       

  

Arhopala anthelus ssp.   
       

       

            

Arhopala atosia jahara
       

  

Arhopala avatha                   
     

Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides   
 

Arhopala centaurus nacula     
      

 

    

       

       

       

  

Arhopala ?elopura ssp.
   

Arhopala nicevillei
       

       

       

Arhopala perimuta perimuta      
     

     

     

Arhopala sp1.
   

Arhopala sp2.
    

Arhopala sp3.
     

Arhopala sp4.
      

Cheritra freja evansi                
           

         

Flos diardi diardi                  
     

Flos sp.                            
    

Hypolycaena amasa amasa              
        

      	

        

        

      

Hypolycaena erylus himavantus        
             

            

        

 

    

    

    
                                 
Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides    Cambodia
       

          



Loxura atymnus atymnus               Cambodia
     

        

   

        

        

           

        

  

     

Neomyrina nivea hiemalis            Cambodia
       

       

       

       

       

       

       

         

       

       

       

                        

       

Rapala ?dieneces
               

Rapala iarbus iarbus                
     



Rapala manea schistacea             
  

Rapala pheretima petosiris        
  

Sinthusa chandrana grotei               
   

Sinthusa nasaka amba                
   

Spindasis lohita himalayanus         
           

        

        

Spindasis syama peguanus           
        

Surendra quercetorum                
        



        

    

Virachola sp. (cf. kessuma)
       

Yasoda tripunctata tripunctata     
       

   POLYOMMATINAE

Acytolepis puspa gisca    
     

Anthene emolus emolus                
  

    

        

     

        

Caleta decidia decidia


Caleta roxus roxana                  
    

Castalius rosimon rosimon            
       

Catochrysops panormus exiguus        
     

Chilades lajus lajus
  

Chilades pandava
      

      

Discolampa ethion                     
       

       



Euchrysops cnejus cnejus             
  

  

Everes lacturnus lacturnus          
       

Ionolyce helicon merguiana          
 

Jamides celeno celeno                 
            

Jamides sp.


Jamides sp.                           
    

Lampides boeticus           


  

  

 

Nacaduba ?beroe gythion   


Nacaduba pavana vajuva            
            

Nacaduba sanaya naevia	      
    

Nacaduba subperusia lysa        
      



Pithecops corvus correctus
     

   

Prosotas aluta ssp. 
    

 

Prosotas dubiosa                  


Udara selma cerima                   
                 

Udara spp.
     

   

Una usta usta       
 

Una usta usta and Coleta roxus roxana
 

Zizeera karsandra          
  

Zizeera maha maha
  

Zizina otis sangra                        
     

   

Zizula hylax hylax                   
  


NYMPHALIDAE

   DANAINAE

Danaus affinis malayanus          
	     

     

Danaus chrysippus
    

Danaus genutia genutia
    

    

    

Danaus melanippus hegesippus      
     

     

     

Euploea core godarti              
        

     

     

     



Euploea crameri bremeri           
     

     

     

Euploea doubledayi dubledayi 
   

Euploea eyndhovii gardineri       
   

   

Euploea mulciber mulciber         
          
   
       

       

       

       

       

Euploea phaenareta drucei         
   

      

     

     

Euploea radamanthus radamanthus  
    

    

    

    



Euploea mulciber et eynhovii      
          

Euploea radamanthus et algea       


Ideopsis vulgaris contigua    


Parantica aglea                 
    

   

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

Parantica agleoides agleoides   
          

          

          

          



               

          

Tirumala linmiace limniace  


Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis
   

Danainae varia             
   

   NYMPHALINAE

Doleschallia bisaltide continentalis  Cambodia
      

Hypolymnas bolina          
             

       

     

Junonia almana almana
          



   

 

Junonia atlites atlites
      

      

      

    

Junonia hierta                    
     

    

    

Junonia iphita iphita              
        

    

     

  

Junonia lemonias lemonias
           

           

           

    

Junonia orithya ociale
               

              

              

             

Kallima inachus inachus             
                

         

Kallima inachus alboinachus
                

               

 

Kaniska canace canace
                

               

   

Yoma sabina vasuki       
    

    

    

    


  BIBLIDINAE

Ariadne ariadne pallidior
    

    

Ariadne merione tapestrina
       

Ariadne specularia arca           
     

   

  CYRESTINAE
Chersonesia risa risa
     

Cyrestis themire siamensis         
       

       

       

       

   
Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas


   ACRAENIAE
Acraea violae
    

    

   HELICONIINAE

Cethosia cyane euanthes
 

Cirrochroa tyche mithila
    

     

Cirrochroa surya siamensis
   

Cupha erymanthis erymanthis
          



Terinos clarissa malayana          
      

        

Terinos terpander intermedia        Cambodia
        

        

        

             

        

     

      

   

Vagrans sinha sinha
       

Vindula dejone erotella           
            

Vindula erota erota                
           

          

          

          

   

          

  LIMENITINAE

Athyma perius perius               
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Cynitia lepidea cognata            
     

     

     

          

     

Euthalia aconthea garuda          


Euthalia evelina evelina             
   

Euthalia malaccana malaccana      
    

   

Euthalia monina kesava             
    



Euthalia phemius phemius           


Euthalia recta monilis          
 

   

Lasippa tiga siaka
           

 

Lebadea martha martha              
      

        

         

       

       

Lexias albipunctata albipunctata   


Lexias pardalis jadeitina      
   

   

Moduza procris procris             
    

   

     

      

   

   

Neptis clinia susruta            
    

Neptis hylas kamarupa            


   

   

   

   

Neptis nata adipata         
   

   

   

Pantoporia hordonia hordonia      


    

    

    

Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni    
    

Parthenos sylla apicalis
  

  

  

   

   



Tanaecia jahnu janides          


Tanaecia julii odilina          
      

   

   

    

    

  APATURINAE
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius       Cambodia
          

          

          

         



  CHARAXINAE

Charaxes berdardus hierax


Charaxes solon sulphureus
    

    

    

Polyura arja arja                     
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Polyura athamas athamas
      

      

      

  AMATHUSINAE
Amatuxidia amythaon annamensis   
  

Discophora timora timora           
        

     

Melanocyma faunula faunula        
   

     

Stichophthalma cambodia 
       

        

Thaumantis diores splendens        
       

  SATYRINAE

Coelites nothis nothis              
        

Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria 
   

  

Lethe chandica suvarna
         

Lethe confusa confusa
         

     

Lethe mekara crijnana                
   

Lethe minerva tritogeneia     
   

Lethe rohria rohria            
        

Melanitis leda leda                
        

          

Melanitis sp.                      
        

               

          

Mycalesis anaxioides               
   

Mycalesis mnasicles perna          
   

Mycalesis spp.                      
   

       

       

   

Mycalesis cf. perseus               
         

          

Orsotriaena medus medus            
        

         

Ragadia crisilda
   

   

Ypthima sp.                        
         


HESPERIIDAE

    COELIADINAE

Badamia exclamationis               
       

       

       

Bibasis sena sena


Burara harisa                 
       

       


    PYRGINAE

Caprona agama agama 


Caprona alida alida    		   
      

      

 

Odina decorata                   
    

    

    

Odontoptilum angulatum angulatum   
     

Tagiades gana  
     


ssp.
       

Tagiades japetus ravi              
     

     

Tagiades menaka menaka     
          

          

  

Tagiades vajuna
    

      HESPERIINAE

Aeromachus pygmaeus    
      

Ampittia dioscorides camerus
       

  

Ancistroides nigrita maura   
        

      

                 

      

      

 

Astictopterus jama olivascens    
  

        



?Caltoris sp.               
      

Erionota sp. (torux or thrax)  


Gangara lebadea lebadea      


Gangara cf. thyrsis thyrsis           
       

       

     

Hyarotis adrastus praba            
    

    

Halpe cf. hauxwelli
  

Haple cf. zola
   

Iambrix salsala salsala     
    

         

         



Iambrix sp. 
          

Lotongus calathus balta           
    

    

    

    

Matapa aria 
       

Matapa sasivarna                  


  

 

Notocrypta cf. clavata theba       


Notocrypta paralysos asawa         
     

   

     

Pelopidas cf. mathias mathias         
   

Pelopidas cf. subochraceus barneyi     
    

       

 

Pirdana hyela rudolphii            


?Polytremis lubricans lubricans    
   

Potanthus spp.                  
     

    

    

Psolos fuligo subfasciatus         Cambodia
      

    

 

Pyroneura sp.
      
	
     

Suastus minutus aditia             
    



Taractrocera archias quinta      
 

Thoressa masoni                     
             

      

     

Udaspes folus           
       

       

  

Gen. sp.


Gen. sp.



CONGREGATIONS

                                   Cambodia
      

                

                

                

                

                

      

   

MOTHS:

   GEOMETRIDAE

Genus species
    

Genus species
    

Genus species
     
 
Genus species
     

   URANIIDAE
Micronia aculeata                   
         

Epipleminae Gen. sp.               
     


   LASIOCAMPIDAE

Trabala vishnou                     
        

        

   SPHINGIDAE

Gen. sp.
  

   NOCTUIDAE

Gen. sp.                            
    

   EREBIDAE

Aloa lactinea                       
  
       


Publications

Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Occasional photographic records of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) in Cambodia. 1. The coastal Cardamom foothills (SW Cambodia), 2010-2018. // Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol. 5, Issue 1, p. 84-105.

Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Occasional photographic records of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) in Cambodia. 2. Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri Provinces of Eastern Cambodia, 2013-2018. // Acta Biologica Sibirica, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 21-37.

288. Kosterin, O.E. 2019. Occasional photographic records of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) in Cambodia. 3. Pursat, Siem Reap, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng Provinces in western, north-western and northern Cambodia. // Acta Biologica Sibirica. Vol. 6, p. 293-338

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