♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (Photo by K.Saito)		♀, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. (Photo by K.Saito)

ON : Diadema nama Doubleday, 1845 OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1)16: 232-233. TL : "Sylhet" [southern Khasia Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, SE Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan. ● ssp.nama ● ssp.ruvanella

Hestina nama ab. melanina Oberthür, 1896 : Étud. ent. 20: 30, pl.10, fig.177,♂. TL. Tumlong, Sikkim.

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Hestina nama nama : Fruhstorfer,1906 : 349. (Siam)
Hestina nama ; Godfrey,1916 : 132. (by Bingham, Faun. Br. Ind., Butts. 1:239)
Hestina nama ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Hestina nama nama ; Godfrey,1930 : 298. (Chiang Rai; Chiang Mai)
Hestina nama nama ; Pinratana,1979 : 91, figs.N158, ♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Hestina nama nama ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 92, pl.69, fig.175,♂. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Hestina nama nama ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 474, pl.211, figs.N188,♂,♂. (Doi Pui)
Hestina nama nama ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 497, pl.220, figs.N372,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pui)
Hestinalis nama nama ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 128, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao; Phu Khiewo)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Masui,2025 : 262, pl.86, figs.♀,♀(Un). (N.Thailand)

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Hestinalis nama nama ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, pl.75, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Phatong; Nam Moh)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.76, figs.♂,♀. (Phong Saly)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Onodera,2022 : 49, pl.146, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phongsali: Phou Fastupa; Oudomxai; Xieng Khouang; Xaisomboun)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Masui,2025 : 262, pl.86, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (N.Laos)

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Hestina nama nama : Fruhstorfer,1906 : 348. (Tonkin: Than Moi; Chiem Hoa)
Hestina nama nama ; Fruhstorfer,1913 : 704. (Tonkin)
Hestina nama ; Lemée,1950 : 16. (Hagiang)
Hestina nama nama; Metaye,1957 : 98. (N / C)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 37, figs.7:17,♂,18,♂,19,♂(Un), fig.9:44(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Hestina nama nama ; Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 70, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Hestenalis [sic] nama melanoides ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 34, figs.N-110,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me; Gung Re)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (N / C: to Gia Lai)
'Hestinalis melanoides ; Masui,2017 : 11-14, figs.10,♂,♂(Un),♂(genitalia),12,♂,♂(Un),♂(genitalia). (Lam Dong) (in part)'
Hestinalis nama melanoides ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):72-73, pl.7, figs.2a♂,2b♂,2c♂. (N: Muong Nhe; Hoang Lien; Na Hang; Ba Be; Dong Phuc C; Tam Dao; Ba Vi; Cuc Phuong / C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Bu Houng; Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong; Kon Ka Kinh; Kon Cha Rang; Ninh Thuan; Chu Yang Sin)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Masui,2025 : 262, pl.88, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Vietnam)

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Mae Hong Son : 4♂.

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Chiang Mai : 9♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 7♂ 2♀.

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Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Oudomxai : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Thua Thien Hue : 1♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 400 - 1800m). Males are territorial on trees, and occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. It mimics Parantica sita and Parantica melaneus (Danainae) and looks very similar to them in flight.
According to Masui (2025), it has been found that nama and melanoides are sympatric in C. Vietnam. Among the specimens illustrated by Masui (2017) as melanoides, fig.10 and 12, might be nama. Previous records from the relevant region need to be re-examined. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Doubleday, E.,1845 : Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1)16: 176-182, 232-236, 304-307.

Oberthür, C.,1896 : De la variation chez les lépidoptères.
Étud. ent. 20: xx + 74 pp, 24 cpls.

Masui, A.,2017 : Revision of the genus Hestinali based on the wing markings and male genitalia (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae).
Butterflies 75: 10-20. (in Japanese)

Masui, A.,2025 : Emperor Butterflies of the World. An illustrated Monograph of the Subfamily Apaturinae.
Hokkaido University Press. i-xi + 358 pp. (172 col.pls.)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Uttaradit, Thailand.

2007.09.20 - 2025.12.31.