Euploea eunice coelestis
(Fruhstorfer, 1902)
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♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) |
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. |
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♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. |
♀, Lak Sao, Laos. |
ON :
Salpinx leucostictos coelestis Fruhstorfer, 1902
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2):335.
TL : Than-Moi ; Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin.
Distribution : N.E.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.E.China.
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● ssp.coelestis |
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● ssp.leucogonis |
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Type Materials Information
Types ♂,♀, Jun.-Jul. Than-Moi ; Aug.-Sep. Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin.
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 70,74, (Chaiyaphum) (in part)
Euploae eunice leucogonis ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 21, fig.55,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 48. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Hin Khan; Phu Huai Sing)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 216. (Phu Khieo) (in part)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 216. (Phu Khieo) (in part)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 42, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo)
[ LAOS ]
Euploea leucostictos f. coelestis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 26. (Laos)
Euploea leucostictos coelestis ; Morishita,1977 : 50. (N)
Euploea leucostictos ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 53, pl.39, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un),3,♀,4,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Hat Pho)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.45, figs.♂,♀. (Vang Vieng; Vientiane)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Onodera,2022 : 25, pl.88, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Lak Kao; Natung)
[ VIETNAM ]
Euploea coelestis ; Vitalis,1919 : 222. (Tonkin)
Euploea leucostictos f. coelestis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 26. (Tonkin)
Euploea leucostictos coelestis ; Lemée,1950 : 7. (Hagiang; Hanoi)
Euploea leucostictos coelestis ; Metaye,1957 : 102. (N)
Euploea leucostictos coelestis ; Metaye,1958a : 166-167. (N: Hanoi; Hagiang)
Euploea leucostictos coelestis ; Morishita,1977 : 50. (N)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 53, figs.3:14,♂,15,♂(Un),16,♀,9:15(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Luong et al.,2004 : 3, 42, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 15, fig.D-16,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 69-70, pl.13, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀. (N: Ba Be; Na Hang; Kin Hy; Huu Lien; Hanoi; Ba Vi; Tam Dao; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong / C: Pu Mat; Vu Quang; Huong Son; Phon Nha-Ke Bang; Bach Ma; Kon Cha Rang; Hon Ba)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 39. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Euploea eunice coelestis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (N / C)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Phetchabun : 5♂ (incl. photo).
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Chaiyaphum : 4♂ (incl. photo).
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[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♀.
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[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.
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Notes
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 900m).
Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Literature
Fruhstorfer, H.,1902 : Neue Indo-Australische Lepidopteren.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2):334-350.
Morishita, K.,1977 : The genus Euploea in the Orient (Lepidoptera: Danaidae).
Acta Rhopalocerologica (2):1-60, 35 pls., Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
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♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit) |
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. |
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.
