♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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 to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, SE.Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hainan. ● ssp.nama ● ssp.ruvanella

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

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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)

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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)

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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)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (N / C: to Gia Lai)
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)

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Mae Hong Son : 4♂.

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Chiang Mai : 9♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).

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Lampang : 1♂ (photo).

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Nan : 7♂ 2♀.

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Uttaradit : 1♂ (photo).

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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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Phong Saly : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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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.

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)

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

2007.09.20 - 2024.08.31.