Callitettix versicolor - Fabricius 1794
Standard specimen. Photo taken at Koh Samui, Suratthani Prov., Thailand on 24 November 2014.
f. distanti. Photo taken at Yot Leuang, Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov., Thailand on 2 February 2018.
f. bipunctata. Photo taken at Yot Leuang, Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov., Thailand on 6 June 2017.
Probably the most common and widespread species of Cercopidae.
This is most generally a species of the lowlands and sub-montane hills.
As the species name implies, this is a variable species with several named forms:
f. bipunctata has no white or yellow forward spots, only two red spots towards the rear (occasionally only one).
f. approximans has two miniscule white or yellow forward spots, but only a single red rear spot.
f. distanti, where there are 4 spots, the front two being yellow (not white) and the rear ones red.
f. luteopunctata which has all 4 spots yellow.
Flight Period
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Range
China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam.
Recorded distribution in Thailand.
