Sephisa princeps ( Fixsen, 1887 )

Lee, Young June, 2009, Apaturinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the Korean Peninsula: Synonymic Lists and Keys to Tribes, Genera and Species, Zootaxa 2169, pp. 1-20 : 13

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189163

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218469

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scientific name

Sephisa princeps ( Fixsen, 1887 )
status

 

Sephisa princeps ( Fixsen, 1887) View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3 – 10 )

Apatura princeps Fixsen, 1887: 289 View in CoL [Type locality: “Pung-Tung”, Korea] (first record from Korea).

Sephisa princeps: Leech, 1893: 151 View in CoL ; Lee, 1971: 13; Seok, 1973: 228; Lee, 1973: 6; Shin, 1975: 45; Inomata, 1982: xviii; Lee, 1982: 76; Masui and Inomata, 1994: 3, 9; Dantchenko et al., 1996: 47; Tuzov et al., 2000: 15; Lee, 2005: 27.

Apatura cauta Leech, 1887: 417 View in CoL [Type locality: “Chang-Do, south of Gensan, Corea ”].

Sephisa princeps View in CoL var. albimacula Leech, 1890b: 190 [Type locality: “Chang-Yang”, China].

Sephisa dichroa View in CoL f. princeps: Stichel, 1908: 165 View in CoL .

Sephisa dichroa princeps: Nire, 1918: 96 View in CoL ; Doi, 1919: 123; Doi, 1931: 45; Nakayama, 1932: 379; Seok, 1934: 745; Mori et al., 1934: 36; Kishida and Nakamura, 1936: 564; Seok, 1939b: 167; Seok, 1942: 88; Seok and Umitatsu, 1942: 188; Kim and Mi, 1956: 398.

Sephisa dichroa: Korshunov and Gorbunov, 1995: 71 View in CoL (nec Kollar, [1844]).

Subspecies. The Korean populations are considered to belong to the nominal subspecies.

Adult. Active from late June to early September (one brood). Adults inhabit groves of oak trees near streams. Males are often encountered on the ground or on rocks near streams and are attracted to decomposing organisms or fermenting fluids, especially fluxes issuing from oak trees. In the afternoon, they move to mountain peaks or ridges to sit on oak trees and engage in hilltopping. Females are rarely seen as they spend much time around the crowns of tall deciduous trees, but they are sometimes attracted to fermenting sap fluid of trees or on shrubs near streams. Neither sex visits flowers. Mating occurs on the leaves of the food trees. Females lay eggs only inside rolled leaves. See Sohn (1995).

Larval host plants. Various species of the genus Quercus of the Fagaceae : Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. , Quercus variabilis Blume , Quercus serrata Thunb. ex Murray , Quercus acutissima Carruth. for. acutissima , etc. ( Sohn 1995).

Life cycle. Eggs are laid in batches of 15–45 inside rolled leaves of the host plants. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd instars hide in clusters inside rolled leaves. The 3rd instar larvae usually hibernate in the same manner. See Sohn (1995).

Distribution. Korea (including some adjacent islands of Incheon and Gyeonggi-do, but uncertain on Jejudo Is.), China and Far Eastern Russia.

Remarks. This species has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of Sephisa dichroa which occurs in the Himalayas, including northern India, Pakistan and Nepal. The two entities are allopatric divided by a considerable geographic distance. As indicated by Masui and Inomata (1994), Chou (1994), Dantchenko et al. (1996) and Tuzov et al. (2000), S. princeps is appropriately treated as an independent species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

SubFamily

Apaturinae

Genus

Sephisa

Loc

Sephisa princeps ( Fixsen, 1887 )

Lee, Young June 2009
2009
Loc

Sephisa dichroa:

Korshunov 1995: 71
1995
Loc

Sephisa dichroa princeps:

Kim 1956: 398
Seok 1942: 188
Seok 1939: 167
Kishida 1936: 564
Seok 1934: 745
Mori 1934: 36
Nakayama 1932: 379
Doi 1931: 45
Doi 1919: 123
Nire 1918: 96
1918
Loc

Sephisa dichroa

Stichel 1908: 165
1908
Loc

Sephisa princeps:

Lee 2005: 27
Tuzov 2000: 15
Dantchenko 1996: 47
Masui 1994: 3
Lee 1982: 76
Shin 1975: 45
Seok 1973: 228
Lee 1973: 6
Lee 1971: 13
Leech 1893: 151
1893
Loc

Sephisa princeps

Leech 1890: 190
1890
Loc

Apatura princeps

Fixsen 1887: 289
1887
Loc

Apatura cauta

Leech 1887: 417
1887
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