Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida  (Honrath, 1884)

Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Pattani, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Un.
♂, Trang, Thailand. ♀, Trang, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Amathusia dilucida Honrath, 1884
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 28:106-107, pl.3, fig.3,♂; pl.5, fig.3a♂(Un);
pl.4, fig.3b♀.
TL : Perak, Malacca. (NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia.
● ssp.amythaon
intermediate between amythaon and annamensis
ssp.annamensis
ssp.dilucida
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Godfrey,1930 : 260. (Phang Nga: Khao Bang-to)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Godfrey,1932a : 267. (P)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Pinratana,1983 : 53, 63, pl.37, figs.16b♂,♀. (Ranong; Phuket; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Pattani; Yala; Narathiwat)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 326, pl.138, figs.A17b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 328, pl.138, figs.N164b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Satun; Yala; Narathiwat) (accessed: 2023.06.03)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 146, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Sai Kao WF; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 289-290, figs.Abb.M-055-058 ; Hab.M-059-060. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 1♀ (photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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Phetchaburi : 2♂ (photo by T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane dense forests mixed with bamboo at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 500m) and often comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground. They prefer in the dark jungle and suddenly fly out from below. Flight is fast and quickly fly away into the bush.
Examples of Ranong are rather variable, and some of them have thin blue band on the UpF. Furthermore, I treat examples from Phetchaburi as this subspecies provisionally. Unfortunately the records are nature photos only, we need to confirm with specimens in the future.


Literature

Honrath, E.G.,1884 : Neue Rhopalocera.
Berl. ent. Z. 28:203-211, 6 pls.


Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Satun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

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Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ♂
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

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