Danaus genutia genutia (Cramer, 1779)

Danaus genutia genutia ♂ Up. Danaus genutia genutia ♂ Un. Danaus genutia genutia ♀ Up. Danaus genutia genutia ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Papilio genutia Cramer, 1779
OD : Uitl. Kapellen 3(17-21): 23-24, pl.206, figs.C♂, D♂(Un).
TL : 'Oostindiën [E.India]; op het Eiland Java [Java]; op de Kusten Coromandel [S.India]; Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; Malabaar [Malabar, S.India]; China' [Guangdong, China].
Distribution : Sri Lanka, Nepal, India to Myanmar, SE.Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, Guangxi to Henan, Taiwan, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Andamans, Nicobars, Palawan.
Danaus genutia genutia map

Synonyms

Danais nipalensis Moore, 1877 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)20: 43. TL. "Katmandu, Nepal" [Kathmandu, Nepal].
Salatura intermedia Moore, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2): 241. TL. 'Malacca [W.Malaysia]; Singapore'.
Danaida plexippus plexippus forma temp. sicc. grynion Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 19: 173. TL. 'S.Annam [C.Vietnam]; Sikkim'.
Danaus plexippus plexippus form albipars Talbot, 1943 : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 93(1): 126. TL. Sikkim.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Danaida plexippus intermedia ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 195. (Siam)
Danais plexippus plexippus ; Godfrey,1916 : 117.
Danaida plexippus plexippus ; Pendlebury,1923 : 30. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Tai Sai River; Lan Saka; Khao Ram)
Danaida plexippus plexippus ; Godfrey,1927 : 121. (N)
Danaida plexippus plexippus ; Godfrey,1930 : 234. (all over)
Danaida plexippus plexippus ; Godfrey,1932a : 265. (P)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Pinratana,1977 : 68, figs.D2,♂,♀(Un). (all over)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 56,71, pl.70, figs.2,♂,♀. (Bangkok; Nakhon Nayok; Petchaburi)
Danaus genitua genutia ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 19, fig.47,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huay Sing; Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum; Ubon Ratchathani: Kaeng Tana; Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 47. (Mukdahan: Nam Tok Tad Ton; Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 67, fig.101,♂. (Umphang)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 48, fig.74,♂[♀]. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon; Nan)
Danaus genutia genutia ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.22 ; accessed: 2024.04.30)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 184, pl.64, figs.D2,♂,♀,♂(f. intermedius). (Bangkok; Pathum Thani)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂(Un),♀. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.10.30)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 184, pl.64, figs.N2,♂,♀,♂(f. intermedius). (Bangkok; Pathum Thani)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Danaus genutia genutia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Bangkok; Chachoengsao; Trat; Phetchaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2024.04.30)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 25, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Phu Khiewo; Sarika; Nakohn Nayork; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Bangphra; Pliewn WF; Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Nakon Phatom; Bangkok; Kaeng Krachang; Ka Chong; Satul [Satun])
Danaus genutia genutia ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 227, figs.Abb.Da-077-082,090. (Phang Nga)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Anosia genutia genutia ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 52, col.pl.12 ; pl.31, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Vientiane; Luang Prabang; Nam Moh; Ban Houei Sai; Nam Ngum Dam)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.42, fig.♂. (Xam Neua)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Danaus genutia genutia ; Onodera,2022 : 22, pl.77, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Lak Kao; Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Danaus genutia genutia ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Kosterin,2019 : 102. (Koh Kong; Preah Sihanouk)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Kosterin,2019b : 30. (Ratanakiri)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Kosterin,2020 : 323. (Siem Reap)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 114. (Battambang; Kampong Chhnang; Koh Kong; Kratie; Mondulkiri; Phnom Penh; Preah Sihanouk; Pursat; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Danais genutia ; Joannis,1901 : 315. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Danaida plexippus grynion ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 195. (S.Annam)
Danaida plexippus intermedia ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 195. (Tonkin)
Danais plexippus plexippus ; Godfrey,1919 : 465. (S: Daban)
Danaida grynion ; Vitalis,1919 : 220. (Annam)
Danaida plexippus f. grynion ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 23. (Annam)
Danaida plexippus f. intermedia ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 23. (Saigon / Tonkin)
Danais plexippus ; Lemée,1950 : 64. (Saigon)
Danaus plexippus plexippus ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (N / C / S)
Danaus plexippus plexippus f. grynion ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (C)
Danaus plexippus intermedia ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (N / S)
Danaus plexippus plexippus ; Metaye,1958a : 153, pl.1, fig.2,♂. (all over)
Danaus plexippus plexippus f. grynion ; Metaye,1958a : 153. (C)
Danaus plexippus plexippus ab.intermedia ; Metaye,1958a : 153. (N / S: Saigon)
Salatura genutia genutia ; Morishita,1970 : 64. (Saigon; Dinh Quan; Trang Bom; Lai Thieu)
Anosia genutia genutia ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 50, figs.1:3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,9:1(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Danaus genutia ; Vu,2003 : 56. (Phu Quoc)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Luong et al.,2004 : 3, 36, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 14, figs.D-2,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re; Ho Chi Minh)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Nihira,2009 : 98. (Phu Quoc)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 29-30, pl.1, figs.2a♂,2b♀. (N / C / S)
Danaus genutia ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 39. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Coto)
Danaus genutia genutia ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 18. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Bangkok : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chonburi : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 2♂ (incl. photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 7♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang ; 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vientiane : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Champasak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Ninh Binh : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in secondary forest and open land at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1200m). Both sexes visit flowers and rarely come to puddles to suck water.


Literature

Cramer, P.,1775-1780 :
De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique.
Amsteldam, S.J.Baalde; Barthelemy Wild and J. Van Schoonhoven & Comp.
1(1/7): i-xxx, 1-16, 1-132, pls.1-84 ([31 December]1775), (8): 133-155, pls.85-96 (1776); 2(9/16): 1-151, pls.97-192 (1777); 3(17/22): 1-128, pls.193-264 (1779), (23/24): 129-176, pls.265-288 (1780); 4(25/26): 1-28, pls.289-304 (1780)

Moore, F.,1877 : Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)20: 43-52.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Neue Danaiden und Uebersicht der bekannten Indo-Australischen Arten.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 19(4): 161-202. (15.May.1907)

Moore, F.,1883 : A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae;
with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Limnaina.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2): 201-252.

Talbot, G.,1943 : Revisional notes on the genus Danaus Kluk (Lep. Rhop. Danaidae)
Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 93(1): 115-148.


Danaus genutia genutia ♂ Danaus genutia genutia ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Danaus genutia genutia ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1998.11.15 - 2025.04.30.

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