Enispe duranius intermedia  Rothschild, 1916

Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.), Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.), Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

ON : Enispe euthymius intermedia Rothschild, 1916
OD : Novit. zool. 23:315.
TL : Burma.
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
● ssp.intermedia
ssp.corbeti
? unclear (E. duranius or E. euthymius)
Enispe duranius intermedia map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Enispe intermedia intermedia ; Pinratana,1983 : 60, 64, pl.48, fig.29,♂. (Kanchanaburi; 'Chaiyaphum') (in part)
Enispe duranius intermedia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 155, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Musso) (in part)
'Enispe euthymius euthymius ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.06.03)'

[ LAOS ]
Enispe duranius intermedia ; Nakamura,2021 : 9,13, figs.22,♂,22v♂(Un),22a(♂,genitalia). (Bolikhamxai: Nahin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 6♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.) : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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[ Enispe sp. ]
Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 1200m).
Nakamura,2021 recorded Enispe duranius and Enispe euthymius in Bolikhamxai, Laos where they are found sympatrically.
This species is distinguishable from Enispe euthymius by only examination of male genitalia. Therefore, record that have not been examined male genitalia cannot be used. There are several records from Chaiyaphum and Phetchabun in central Thailand. However, the male genitalia have not been examined, thus it is not known whether they are this species or Enispe euthymius. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Rothschild, L.,1916 : Notes on Amathusiidae, Brassolidae, Morphidae, etc., with Descriptions of New Forms.
Novit. zool. 23:299-318.

Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S., Uemura, Y. & Saitoh, T.,2002 :
Additional Notes on the Amathusiid Butterflies after Publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part 3 Satyridae, Libytheidae"
Yadoriga 194:49-60, 66 figs.

Nakamura, N.,2021 :
Notes on the butterflies of Laos (XII): New findings on Amathusiini (Morphinae: Nymphalidae) including description of a new subspecies of Faunis excelsa (Fruhstorfer,1901)
Butterflies 85:4-14.


Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Enispe duranius intermedia ♀
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

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Enispe sp. ♂
Enispe sp. ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.10.10 - 2023.06.30.

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