Euploea algea menetriesii

Euploea algea menetriesii Felder & Felder, 1860


♂, Satun, Thailand.		♂, Pattani, Thailand.

Specimens from transition zone of ssp.limborgii and ssp.menestriesii

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Euploea menetriesii Felder & Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):398.
TL : Malay Pen.

Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman.

	● ssp.limborgii
	● transition zone of limborgii and menetriesii
	● ssp.menetriesii

Synonym

Euploea pinwilli Butler, 1879 : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2)Zool. 1(8):535, pl.68, fig.9,♂. TL. Malacca.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euploea deione menetriesii ; Pendlebury,1923 : 31. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Euploea deione menetriesii ; Godfrey,1930 : 240. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Euploea deione menetriesii ; Godfrey,1932a : 266. (P)
Euploea deione menetriesii ; Morishita,1977 : 32. (P)
Euploea algea menetriesii ; Pinratana,1977 : 83, fig.D26b♂. (P)
Euploea algea menetriesii ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 67,73, pl.82, fig.25b♂. (Trang)
Euploae aglea [sic] menetriesii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 204, pl.74, figs.D25b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi; Pong Pong WF.)
Euploae algea menetriesii ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 37, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong)
Euploae algea menetriesii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 204, pl.74, figs.N26,♂,♂(Un). (Krabi) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂.

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

Pattani : 1♂.

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

Satun : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane and secondary forest at low elevations (Alt. 10 - 400m).
Both ssp.menetriesii, ssp.limborgii and intermediate individuals are found sympatrically in the Ranong area. It seems to be the transition zone between the two taxa, as noted by Kimura et al.,2016. Further distributional research is needed.
This species is indistinguishable from several similar species by the UnH markings. The androconial brand on the UnF and the UpF markings must be examined.

Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

Morishita, K.,1977 : The genus Euploea in the Orient (Lepidoptera: Danaidae).
Acta Rhopalocerologica (2):1-60, 35 pls., Fukuoka. (in Japanese)

1998.11.15 - 2023.03.31.