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 : 'Java ; Coromandel ; Ceylon ; Malabaar ; China' [Canton, China]
Distribution : Sri Lanka, Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China, 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.
Salatura intermedia Moore, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2):241. TL. Malacca ; Singapore.
Danaida plexippus plexippus forma temp. sicc. grynion Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 19:173. TL. S.Annam ; Sikkim.
Danaus plexippus plexippus f. albipars Talbot, 1943 : Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 93(1):126. TL. Sikkim ; Burma.


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.

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 - 2024.05.31.

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