Discophora sondaica despoliata  Stichel, 1902
Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Up. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Un. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♀ Up. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Up. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Un. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Up. Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Trang, Thailand.

ON : Discophora tullia sondaica ab.despoliata Stichel, 1902
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 15(1):91.
TL : Perak, Malacca.
Distribution : Thailand (Kanchanaburi and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Singapore.
● ssp.zal
● ssp.tulliana
● transition zone of zal and despoliata
● ssp.despoliata
Discophora sondaica despoliata map
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Pinratana,1983 : 58, 64, pl.48, fig.25b♂. (Nakhon Sri Thammatat; Trang)
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 340, pl.145, figs.A28b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Song Khla)
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂(Un),♀(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.12.18)
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 342, pl.145, figs.N175b♂,♂(Un),♀(Malaysia),♀(Malaysia,Un). (Songkhla; Ranong)
Discophora sondaica despoliate [sic] ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9, 19.photo.26,♂. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 152-153, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ratchaburi; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Sonkhla; Than To WF.)
Discophora sondaica despoliata ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 293-294, figs.Abb.M-082-083. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan & A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane dense forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 400m).
According to Pinratana,1983, Okamoto et al.,2013 and Kimura et al.,2016, both ssp.zal and ssp.despoliata occur sympatrically from Kanchanaburi, W.Thailand to Prachuap Khiri Khan, northern part of P.Thailand. It seems a transition zone of both subspecies.

Literature

Stichel, H.,1902 : Kritische Bemerkungen uber dei Artberechtigung der Schmetterlinge. II.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 15(1):50-95.

Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂ Discophora sondaica despoliata ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
2007.10.10 - 2021.12.31.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.