Euploea midamus midamus  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Euploea midamus midamus ♂ Up. Euploea midamus midamus ♂ Un. Euploea midamus midamus ♂ Up. Euploea midamus midamus ♂ Un.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. ♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.

ON : Papilio midamus Linnaeus, 1758
OD : Syst. nat. (ed.10) 1:470.
TL : 'Asia' [Canton, China].
Distribution : N.Vietnam, Jiangxi, Guangdong,
Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong.
● ssp.chloe
ssp.midamus
Euploea midamus midamus map

Synonyms

Papilio superbus Herbst, 1793 : in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 6:14-15, n.3, pl.119, fig.3,♀, pl.120, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). TL. 'East Indies' [S.China].
Euploea cincinnatus Fabricius, 1807 : Syst. Glossat. : 75, n22. TL. China.
Danais alopia Godart, 1819 : in Ency. méth. 9(1):177-178. TL. 'Amboine' [S.China].
Isamia sinica Moore, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3):312. TL. S.China.
Euploea midamus aegumurus Fruhstorfer, 1911 : in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 277. TL. Hainan.


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Euploea midamus midamus ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 270. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus chloe ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 270. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus f. midamus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 26. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus ; Lemée,1950 : 7. (Hanoi)
Euploea midamus midamus ; Metaye,1957 : 102. (N)
Euploea midamus midamus ; Metaye,1958a : 167, pl.3, fig.3. (Hanoi) (in part)
Euploea midamus chloe ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 53, figs.3:3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,9:11(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus chloe ; Luong et al.,2004 : 3. (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus midamus ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 67-68, pl.12, figs.1a♂,1b♂,1c♀. (N: Ba Be; Na Hang; Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus midamus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (N)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations.


Literature

Linnaeus, C.,1758 : Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis.
Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. (Edition 10). 1(Animalia):[iv]+824pp.

Herbst, J.F.W.,1793 : In Jablonsky, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insecten; Schmetterlinge. 6.
Berlin, Pauli. 162 pp, 36 pls.

Fabricius, J.C.,1807 : Systema glossatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus
Brunovici, Apud Carolum Reichard : 112 pp.

Godart, J.B.,1819 : in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique.
Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes
9(1):3-328. Paris.

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 II. Euploeina.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3):253-324, pls.29-32.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
273-280. (13.Feb.1911)

Corbet, A.S.,1949 : The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Part 7. Summary of Determinations.
Proc. R. ent. Soc Lond. (B)18(9-10):191-199.


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