Polyura eudamippus jamblichus

Polyura eudamippus jamblichus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)


♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.		♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.

♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.		♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

Specimens from transition zone of ssp.nigrobasalis and ssp.jamblichus

♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.), Thailand.		♂, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♂ (2nd gen.), Tak, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist., 2nd gen.), Thailand.		♂ (2nd gen.), Tak, Thailand.

ON : Eriboea eudamippus jamblichus Fruhstorfer, 1914
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:722.
TL : Burma. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar (Tavoy to Mergui),
Thailand (Kanchanaburi to Prachuap Khiri Khan).

● ssp.nigrobasalis
● transition zone of jamblichus and nigrobasalis
● ssp.jamblichus
● ssp.peninsularis
● ssp.celetis

Type Material Information
Lectotype 1♂, Lower Burma. Fruhstorfer. designated by R.L.Smiles,1979. (NHML)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Eriboea eudamippus nigrobasalis ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 722. (Petchaburi) (in part)
Eulepis eudamippus nigrobasalis; Godfrey,1916 : 133. (Petchaburi River) (in part)
Eriboea eudamippus nigrobasalis ; Godfrey,1930 : 301. (Petchaburi River) (in part)
Polyura eudamippus nigrobasalis ; Pinratana,1979 : 100. (Kanchanaburi) (in part)
Polyura eudamippus nigrobasalis ; Smiles,1984 : 201. (Khlong Khlung; Prachuap: [Pak Tawan]; [Hue Tak So]; [Mae Melong Forest]; [Melanoung: Hot Spring]) (in part)
Polyura eudamippus nigrobasalis ; Okamoto et.al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Polyura eudamippus jamblichus ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 135, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Sai York Noi)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.) : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Tak : 5♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Phetchaburi : 5♂ (incl.photo by T.Aoyama & A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Prachuap Khiri Khan : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes
The butterfly is locally common in montane forest at low to moderate elevation (alt.200m - 1300m).
Smiles,1982 synonymized jamblichus with nigroapicalis. However, the subspecies differs considerably from ssp.nigroapicalis by the shape of the forewings, the cell on the UpF is always bright, and the submarginal black band surround white markings on the UpH is markedly reduced.. For this reason, I treat it as an independent subspecies following Kimura et al.,2016.
The populations from western part of Chiang Mai province to Tak province, it seems transition zone with ssp.nigrobasalis, and intermediate individuals occur frequently. Further taxonomic study is needed.
Literature
Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
721-728. (19.May.1914)

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.

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.

2019.06.30 - 2021.07.31.

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♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

♂, Tak, Thailand.	♂, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.