♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Phrae, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Uttaradit, Thailand.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Dong Nai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Charaxes delphis Doubleday, 1843 OD : Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2)1(3): 217, pl.7. TL : "Silhet" [Sylhet, Bangladesh]. (NHML) Distribution : India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.delphis ● ssp.concha

Lectotype ♂, Rh10452. "Silhet" [Sylhet], Bangladesh. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Eriboea delphis delphis ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 723. (Bangkok)
Eulepis delphis ; Godfrey,1916 : 133. (Petchaburi River; Prae: Me Song forest)
Eriboea delphis delphis ; Godfrey,1930 : 302. (Prae: Me Song forest; Muak Lek; Petchaburi River)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Pinratana,1979 : 102, figs.N174a♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Phitsanulok)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Smiles,1984 : 190. ([Me Sai Song]; [Muok-Lek]; [Khao Sabab]; [Hot Spring]; Hin Lap)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 100, pl.79, figs.195a♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Phisanulok; Nakhon Nayok; Chonburi; Chanthaburi)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 50, fig.126,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 494, pl.221, figs.N208a♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 354, pl.150, figs.N184a♂,♂(Un). (Mae Rim; Khao Soi Dao)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Polyura delphis delphis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi; Uttaradit; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Trat) (accessed: 2023.05.04)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 136, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo; Kao Yai; Nakhon Nayok; Kao Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Eriboea delphis f. delphis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Luang-Prabang)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, not fig. (list only)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.79, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaignabouri; Thabok)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Polyura delphis delphis ; Onodera,2022 : 50, pl.148, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Tad Leuk)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Polyura delphis delphis ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 116, fig.2A. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Polyura delphis delphis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 34, fig.N-113,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Madagui)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (C: Lam Dong / S)
Polyura delphis delphis ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):90, pl.14, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (C: Bai Ai; Bu Gia Map / S: Cat Tien)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 11♂ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 3♂ (incl. photo).

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Uttaradit : 2♀ (photo by T.Laola).

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Phetchabun : 5♂ (incl. photo).

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Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (photo).

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Tak : 1♂.

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Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo).

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Chonburi : 1♂.

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Chanthaburi : 2♂.

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Trat : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).

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Bolikhamxai ; 1♂.

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Khammouan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m). Males are occasionally territorial on trees at hilltops and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Doubleday, M.E.,1843 : Description de deux Nouvelles especes de Charaxes des Indes orientales, de la collection de M.Henri Doubleday.
Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2)1(3): 217-220, pls.7,8.

Smiles, R.L.,1982 : The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Brit. Mus. Ent. (Nat. Hist.) 44(3): 115-237. London.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2024.01.31.