Parantica aglea melanoides  Moore, 1883

Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Up. Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Un. Parantica aglea melanoides ♀ Up. Parantica aglea melanoides ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Up. Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Un. Parantica aglea melanoides ♀ Up. Parantica aglea melanoides ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Parantica melanoides Moore, 1883
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(2):247.
TL : Himalayas, Mussoorie.
Distribution : Kashmire to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, China, Langkawi,
W.Malaysia.
Parantica aglea melanoides map

Synonyms

Danais aglea phormis Fruhstorfer, 1909 : Ent. Zeit. 23:116. TL. Tonkin, Siam, Annam.
Danaida aglea phormion Fruhstorfer, 1910 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:208. TL. Tonkin ; Annam.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Danaida aglea phormis ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 274. (Siam)
Danais aglea melanoides ; Godfrey,1916 : 118.
Danaida aglea melanoides ; Pendlebury,1923 : 29. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Danaida aglea melanoides ; Godfrey,1927 : 121. (N)
Danaida aglea melanoides ; Godfrey,1930 : 236. (all over)
Danaida aglea melanoides ; Godfrey,1932a : 266. (P)
Danaus aglea melanoides ; Pinratana,1977 : 72, figs.D10,♂,♂(Un). (all over)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 59,71, pl.73, fig.10,♂. (Kanchanaburi; Petchaburi)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 252, fig.60♀ [as Ideopsis vulgaris]. (Mukdahan: Phu Sa Duak Ba; Ban Naudom)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 19-20. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak ; Ban Gok Tum; Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Nam Tok Soi Sawan)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 47. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Hin Khan)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 67, fig.103,♂. (Umphang: Tha-Sai; Umphang)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 48, fig.75,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.22 ; accessed: 2024.04.30)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 188, pl.66, figs.D10,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chiang Mai)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂(Un),♀. (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.12.07)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 188, pl.66, figs.N10,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Chiang Mai)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Khon Kaen; Phetchabun; Nakhon Ratchasima; Sa Kaeo; Ratchaburi; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2022.12.07)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 29, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Khao Yai; Sarika; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kratching WF; Mae Sohd; Kaeng Choei; Sai York Noi; Erawan WF; Kanchanaburi; Kuwai Yai; Kaeng Krachang; Khlong Naka; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 230, figs.Abb.Da-105-109. (Phang Nga)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 52, pl.32, figs.7,♂,8,♂(Un) ; pl.33, figs.1,♀,2,♀(Un). (Luang Prabang; Tha Ngone; Vang Vieng; Nam Ngum Dam)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.43, fig.♂. (Boun Neua)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Onodera,2009b : 35-36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Onodera,2022 : 23, pl.80, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Savannakhet; Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Woodfield & Murton,2006 : figs.♂,♂(Un). (Botum Sakor NP.)
Parantica aglea ; Onodera,2007 : 22, fig.24♂. (Rattanakiri: Ta Veaeng)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Kosterin,2019 : 95. (Koh Kong)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Kosterin,2019b : 30. (Ratanakiri; Mondulkiri)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Kosterin,2020 : 325. (Siem Reap)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Kep; Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Danais aglea ; Joannis,1901 : 315. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Danaida aglea phormion ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 208. (Tonkin)
Danaida aglea phormis ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 274. (Tonkin / Annam)
Danais aglea phormion ; Godfrey,1919 : 465. (S: Daban)
Danaida phormion ; Vitalis,1919 : 221. (Annam / Tonkin)
Danaida maghaba ; Vitalis,1919 : 221. (Tonkin)
Danaida aglea f. phormion ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 24. (Tonkin / Annam)
Danaida aglea melanoides ; Moulton,1923 : 127. (Pulo Condore)
Danais maghaba ; Lemée,1950 : 6. (Hanoi; Backan)
Danaus aglea aglea ; Metaye,1957 : 101. (N / C / S)
Danaus aglea phormion ; Metaye,1957 : 101. (N / C)
Danaus aglea grammica ; Metaye,1958a : 156, pl.1, fig.9,♂. (C / S)
Danaus aglea maghaba ; Metaye,1958a : 157. (N: Hanoi; Backan)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Morishita,1970 : 65, fig.8, ♂. (La Nga; Ben Nom; Dinh Quan; Col de Blao; Dalat)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 50, figs.1:11,♂,12,♂(Un),13,♀,9:4(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Parantica aglea ; Vu,2003 : 56. (Phu Quoc)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Luong et al.,2004 : 3, 37, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 15, figs.D-12,♂♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 39. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Saito et al.,2017 : 80. (S: Nui Cam; Nui Ket)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 38-39, pl.2, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N / C / S)
Parantica aglea melanoides ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 19. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

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

Chiang Mai : 9♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 10♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 3♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 2♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 4♂ 1♀ (photo by E.Ikari).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vientiane : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Champasak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 3♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes
The butterfly is very common in secondary and montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 10 - 2000m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to puddles to suck water.
Literature

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.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Lepidopterologisches Pele-Mele. Neues aus Formosa.
Ent. Zeit. 23(25):116-117.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : 3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
191-216. (20.May.1910)


Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Parantica aglea melanoides ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Parantica aglea melanoides ♂ Parantica aglea melanoides ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1998.11.15 - 2024.05.31.

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