131. Cyrestis cocles cocles (The Marbled Map)

Number: 131

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Cyrestiinae

Species: Cyrestis cocles cocles (Fabricius, 1787)

Common name(s): The Marbled Map

Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.)

The genus Cyrestis (“Maps”) comprises around 25 species, all except one (C. camillus/African Map) from Oriental Region. According to Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016), 4 Cyrestis species are currently known in Vietnam viz. themire, cocles, thyodamas and nivea.
C. cocles ranges from N.-E. India to Borneo.

Puddling congregation of Cyrestis cocles in forest - high density!

Cyrestis themire (Little Map - left) and C. cocles 

Three species of Cyrestis: C. themire (Little Map, left), C. thyodamas (Common Map) and C. cocles.

A much paler specimen (dry season form?).

Often rest beneath leaves with wings outspread

130. Cyrestis themire vatinia (The Little Map)

Number: 130

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Cyrestiinae

Species: Cyrestis themire vatinia Fruhstorfer, 1901

Common name(s): The Little Map

Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.)

The genus Cyrestis (“Maps”) comprises around 25 species, all except one (C. camillus/African Map) from Oriental Region. According to Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016), 4 Cyrestis species are currently known in Vietnam viz. themire, cocles, thyodamas and nivea. 

C. themire ranges from Myanmar to Indonesia.

 Cyrestis themire vatinia puddling on the forest floor, Cuc Phuong N.P.

 Cyrestis themire vatinia, underwing pattern

 C. themire (left) with a Marbled Map (C. cocles).

 One C. themire with three C. cocles.

129. Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas (The Common Map)

Number: 129

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Cyrestiinae

Species: Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas Doyère, [1840]

Common name(s): The Common Map

Photography location: Cuc Phuong N.P. (Ninh Binh Prov.)

The genus Cyrestis (“Maps”) comprises around 25 species, all except one (C. camillus/African Map) from Oriental Region. According to Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2016), 4 Cyrestis species are currently known in Vietnam viz. themire, cocles, thyodamas and nivea. 

C. thyodamas ranges from India to Vietnam (N., C. & S.) and north to Japan.

Cyrestis thyodamas - really nice and interesting underwing pattern

Usually encountered singly or in two's and three's, in forest edge habitats, on gravel roads or along water courses, puddling with wings fully expanded

 Puddling congregation of Cyrestis thyodamas, with Pseudergolis wedah, Vindula erota, Symbrenthia hypselis, Heriophorus sp...

Another congregation of puddling butterflies in Cuc Phuong, with Vidula erota and 3 species of Cyrestis (C. themire, C. thyodamas and C. cocles)

Three species of Cyrestis side by side: mainly C. thyodamas and C. cocles + two (blurry) C. themire at the bottom of the image