Danaus melanippus hegesippus   (Cramer,[1777])
hegesippus ♂ Up. hegesippus ♂ Un. hegesippus ♀ Up. hegesippus ♀ Un.
♂, 1987.03.18. Ko Tarutao, Satun, Thailand. ♀, 1983.04.13. Klong Nakha, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Papilio hegesippus  Cramer,[1777]
OD : Uitl. Kapellen. 2(9-16):128, pl.180, fig.A.
TL : Sumatra.


Distribution :
Bengal to Myanmar, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore,
Sumatra, Banka, Belitung. 		hegesippus map
Synonym

Salatura melanippus indicus  Fruhstorfer,1899 : Berl. ent. Z. 44(1-2):75.  TL. Lower-Burma.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Danaida melanippus hegesippus ; Godfrey,1930 : 234. (East: Muak Lek / Chonburi: Sriracha / Bangkok)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Reeves,1966 : 12. (Nakhon Nayok: Khao Yai)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Pinratana,1977 : 68, fig.D3,♂,♂(Un). (except North)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Pinratana,1992 : 56,71, pl.71, fig.3,♂,♀. (Bangkok / Chanthaburi / Trang)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 19, fig.48♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 47. (Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap ; Phu Chong Na Yoi)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 184, pl.64, fig.D3,♀,♀(Un). (Trat / Krabi)

[ LAOS ]
Anosia melanippus hegesippus ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 52. not fig. (Vientiane: Dan Sum)
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.42, fig.♂. (Thabok)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Danaus melanippus hegesippus ; Woodfield & Murton,2006 : fig.♀,♀(Un). (Botum Sakor NP.)
Anosia melanippus ; Onodera,2008 : 59,figs.♀,♀(Un).
Anosia melanippus ; Onodera,2009 : 65. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)

[ VIETNAM ]
Danais indicus ; Lemee,1950 : 64. (Saigon)
Danaus melanippus indicus ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (North / Central / South)
Danaus melanippus indicus ; Metaye,1958a : 153, pl.1, fig.3. (Lam Dong: Blao / Ho Chi Minh: Saigon)
Salatura melanippus indicus ; Morishita,1970 : 64, fig.3,♂♀. (Ba Diem / Thu Duc / Dinh Quan / Trang Bom / Lai Thieu)
Danaus melanippus indicus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 15, fig.D-3,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Danaus melanippus indicus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 37, fig.D-3,♀[♂]. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
 Ranong, Klong Nakha.    1983.04.13       1♀  Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Satun, Ko Tarutao.      1987.03.14   3♂      Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Satun, Ko Tarutao.      1987.03.15   2♂      Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Satun, Ko Tarutao.      1987.03.18   2♂      Y.Inayoshi (YI)

[ VIETNAM ]
 Lam Dong, Dambri.       2003.01.01   1♂      K.Saito (KS)
 Lam Dong, Dambri.       2003.09.20       1♀  K.Saito (KS)
 Lam Dong, Dambri.       2002.12.29   1♂      K.Saito (KS)
Notes
Literature

Cramer, P.,[1777] :
Uitlandsche Kapellen. voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en bescreeven.
Amsterdam. Baalde, and Utrecht, Wild. 2(9-16):1-152, pl.97-192.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1899 : Uebersicht der Indo-Australischen Danaiden und Beschreibung never Formen.
Berl. ent. Z. 44(1-2):64-87, pl.2, 15 figs.
1998.11.15 - 2012.05.15.