Euripus nyctelius nyctelius

Euripus nyctelius nyctelius (Doubleday,1845)

ON : Diadema nyctelius Doubleday,1845
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1)16:182.
TL : Sylhet.
Distribution :
N.India, Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Hainan.

Synonym
Euripus halitherses Doubleday,[1848] : Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):293, pl.41, fig.2. TL. N.India : Assam.
Hestina isa Moore,[1858] : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East India Co. (1):161. TL. Darjeeling. (♀)
Euripus haliartus Felder & Felder,1864 : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(8):234-235. TL. Sikkim. (♀)
Euripus cinnamomeus Wood-Mason,1881 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2, 50(4):272-273, pl.4, fig.4♀. TL. Shilong, Khasi Hills. (♀)
Euripus halitherses ♀f.alcathoeides de Niceville,1886 : Butts. India Burmah Ceylon 2:20. TL. Tenasserim.
Euripus halitherses mastor Fruhstorfer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:28-33. TL. Tonkin.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.neda Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:29. TL. Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.phygalia Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:29. TL. Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.hadria Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:30. TL. Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.pademoides Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:30. TL. Sikkim.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.gulussa Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:30. TL. Sikkim.
Euripus halitherses ♀ab.gyrtone Fruhstofer,1903 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16:30-31. TL. Sikkim.
* ♀v.isis Rosa,1929 : TL. Karen Hill.
* ♀f.pseuduniformis Nguyen,1980 : TL. Lower Burma.
Records taken from Literature
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.isa ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Siam)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.neda ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Siam)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.alcathoeoides ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Hinlap)
Euripus halitherses mastor ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 708. (Siam)
Euripus halitherses halitherses ; Godfrey,1916 : 132.
Euripus halitherses pfeifferae ; Pendlebury,1923 : 41. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Lan Saka)
Euripus halitherses halitherses ; Godfrey,1930 : 299-300. (Chiang Rai / Nam Phat(Sen Tor) / Muak Lek)
Euripus halitherses pfeifferae ; Godfrey,1930 : 300. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Lan Saka)
Euripus halitherses pfeifferae ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (Peninsular)
Euripus halitherses mastor ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 75. (Lampang / Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Idrusia nyctelius euploeoides f.euploeoides ; Reeves,1966 : 17. (Nakhon Nayok: Khao Yai)
Idrusia nyctelius euploeoides f.nyctelius ; Reeves,1966 : 17. (Nakhon Nayok: Khao Yai)
Idrusia nyctelius euploeoides ; Reeves,1967a : 125. (Nakhon Nayok: Khao Yai)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Pinratana,1979 : 94, fig.N161,♂,♀,♀,♀,♀,♀,♀.
(Chiang Mai / Chaiyaphum / Chanthaburi / Nakhon Nayok / Prachinburi / Yala)
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ♀f.nyctelius ; Pinratana,1996 : 90, pl.67.
(Nakhon Ratchasima / Chiang Mai / Chaiyaphum / Chiang Rai / Phrae / Phisanulok / Nakhon Nayok / Chanthaburi / Petchaburi / Trang / Yala)
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ♀f.isa ; Pinratana,1996 : 90, pl.67. (Yala)
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ♀f.euploeoides ; Pinratana,1996 : 90, pl.67. (Chaiyaphum / Nakhon Ratchasima / Phrae)
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ♀f.alcathoides ; Pinratana,1996 : 90, pl.67. (Phrae)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 256, fig.114♂.
(Ubon Ratchathani: Pha Taem / Mukdahan: Phu Pha Thaep ; Phu Pha Phung)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 31. (Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng E-Keow)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 52. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.174♂. (Umphang)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 50, fig.123♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 470, pl.209, fig.185, ♂,♂(Un),♀f.cinnamomea,♀f.alcathoeoides,
♀f.euploeoides,♀f.nyctelius,♀f.isa. (Chiang Mai / Nakhon Nayok)

[ LAOS ]
Euripus cinnamomeus ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 233. (Laos)
Euripus nyctelius ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, pl.76, figs.5♂,6♂(Un),7♀,8♀.
(Luang Prabang / Pakse / Tha Ngone / Nam Moh / Vientiane / Ban Houei Sai / Nam Ngum Dam)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Thabeng / Namdhua / Nakai)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Nakamura et al.,2009 : 26, fig.10♀,♀(Un). (Bolovens)
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; Onodera,2009b : 41. (Khammouan: Nacay)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euripus halitherses mastor ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 317. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.cinnamomeus ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Tonkin: Phunkte / Annam)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.hadria ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Tonkin)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.neda ; Fruhstorfer,1906 : 318. (Tonkin)
Euripus halitherses mastor ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 708. (Tonkin)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.phygalia ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 708. (Annam)
Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ab.cinnamomeus ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 708. (Annam)
Euripus mastor ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Euripus phygalia ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Euripus neda ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)
Euripus badria ; Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 233. (Annam)
Euripus mastor ; Lemee,1950 : 16. (Hagiang)
Euripus halitherses halitherses ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.neda ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.pademoides ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.haliartus ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.alcathoeoides ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.cinnamomeus ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.nyctelius ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses halitherses f.♀.gyrtone ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses mastor ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (North / Central / South)
Euripus halitherses mastor f.♀.hadria ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (Central)
Euripus nyctelius ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi)
Euripus nyctelius mastor ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 34, fig.N-109♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Euripus nyctelius mastor ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 38, fig.N-109♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ] Mae Hong Son, Ban Na Plachat. 1988.03.23 1♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Mae Hong Son, Ban Ten Doi. 1991.10.30 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao. 1983.03.03 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao. 1983.04.03 1♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1983.03.08 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1986.03.13 2♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1988.03.16 1♂ 1♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1987.04.03 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1984.04.06 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1987.04.06 2♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1984.04.12 2♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1988.04.12 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1984.04.16 1♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep. 1984.04.17 2♂ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Chiang Mai, Manta Tarn WF. 1996.03.19 1♂ Local Catcher (KS) Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon. 1986.03.16 1♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) Phrae, Wang Chin. 1989.--.-- 3♀ Local Catcher (YI) Lampang, Jae Hom. 1988.03.04 1♀ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.02.18 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1992.02.21 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.03.-- 2♂ 1♀ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.04.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.07.-- 1♂ Local Catcher (YI) Nan, Doi Phu Kha. 1991.07.02 1♀ Local Catcher (YI) Tak, Taksin Maharat NP. 1991.02.26 1♀ Y.Inayoshi (YI) [ VIETNAM ] Lam Dong, Dambri. 2006.12.-- 1♂ 1♀ N.D.Khoa (KS) Lam Dong, Dambri. 2004.12.31 1♂ T.Saito (TS) Lam Dong, Dai Duc Me. 2006.12.26 1♀ T.Saito (TS)

Notes
Literature

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