Prothoe franck uniformis
Butler, 1885
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
ON :
Prothoë [sic] uniformis Butler, 1885
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:53-54.
TL : 'Malacca'. (NHML)
Distribution : W. to P.Thailand, W.Malaysia, Sumatra.
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● ssp.uniformis |
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● ssp.angelica |
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● ssp.nausikaa |
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Synonym
Prothoë [sic] franckii [sic] irma Fruhstorfer, 1913 : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:714. TL. westlichen Sumatra.
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Pendlebury,1923 : 41. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram ; Khao Luang)
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Godfrey,1930 : 300. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Surat Thani: Khao Poata) (in part)
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Prothoe francki [sic] uniformis ; Pinratana,1979 : 96, figs.N164a♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 102, pl.80, fig.197b♂. (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 496, pl.222, figs.N210b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 352, pl.149, figs.N182c♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
'Prothoe franck vilma ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)'
Prothoe franck uniformis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala; Narathiwat) (accessed: 2023.05.04)
Prothoe franck angelica ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 137, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ban Lin Thin)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 137, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Kam Phuan; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Tak (Mae Chan dist.) : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici)
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Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo by T.Aoyama)
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Phetchaburi : 2♂ (photo by T.Aoyama)
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Ranong : 5♂ 5♀.
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Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
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Narathiwat : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 800m).
Some specimens from Phetchaburi to Ranong have a distinct white band on the UpF.
This seems to be a transition to ssp.angelica.
Specimens from Kanchanaburi and Tak (Mae Chan dist.) seem to be ssp.uniformis, but these are only from the under side of nature photos.
The taxa angelica and uniformis seem to be distributed separately in the northeastern and southwestern mountain ranges of Umphang.
Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.
Literature
Butler, A.G.,1885 : On the Blue-belted species of the butterfly-genus Prothoë.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:52-54.
Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
713-720. (20.Nov.1913)
Tsukada, E.,1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V, Nymphalidae (II).
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576pp.(238 col. pls.). (in Japanese)
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| ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) |
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| ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) |
♂, Tak (Mae Chan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) |
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