♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.
♂, Champasak, Laos.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763 OD : Amoen. acad. 6: 408. TL : 'China' [Guangdong, S.China]. Distribution : N.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan.

Papilio niphe Linnaeus, 1767 : Syst. nat. (ed.12) 1(2): 785. TL. 'China' [Guangdong, S.China].
Papilio argyrius Linnaeus, 1768 : In: Sparrman, Amoe. Acad. 7: 502. TL. 'China' [Guangdong, S.China].
Papilio argynnis Drury, 1773 : Illust. nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index, 13. pl.6, figs.2,♂,♂(Un). TL. "China".
Argynnis tephnia Godart, 1819 : In: Latreille & Godart, Ency, méth. 9(1): 262. TL. 'China & les Indes orientales'.
Papilio tigris Goeze, 1779 : Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne. zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems. 3: 368. TL."Chin" [China].
Argynnis aruna Moore, [1858] : In: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1: 156, pl.3a, fig.4. TL. N.India.
Argynnis hyperbius f. ind. coomani Le Cerf, 1933 : Bull. Mus. Paris(2)5: 212-213. TL. "Man-Son, Lang-Son, Tonkin" [Mau Son Mt., Lang Son, N.Vietnam].

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Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Godfrey,1927 : 123. (N)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Godfrey,1930 : 271. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep; Chiang Rai: Doi Chang)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Pinratana,1979 : 21, figs.N30,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Loei)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 20, pl.5, figs.8,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Loei; Chaiyaphum)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 354, pl.151, figs.N8a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 382, pl.164, figs.N211a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.02)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 46, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Ankhaan; Doi Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Phu Kradung; Phu Khiewo)

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Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 55, pl.46, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Nam Moh)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.47, figs.♂,♀(Un.),♀. (Lak Sao)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Onodera,2009b : 35. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Onodera,2022 : 26, pl.90, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Phou Pan; Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun)

[ VIETNAM ]
Argynnis hyperbius ; Joannis,1901 : 323-324. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius ; Fruhstorfer,1912 : 515. (Tonkin: Manson Mts.)
Argynnis hyperbius ; Vitalis,1919 : 227. (Tonkin)
Argynnis hyperbius ; Lemée,1950 : 11. (Hagiang; Sontay)
Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius ; Metaye,1957 : 94. (N)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 30, figs.1:13,♂,14,♂(Un),15,♀, fig.9:6(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Luong et al.,2004 : 5, 58, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Argyreus hyperbius ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 40. (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Nihira,2009 : 99. (Phu Quoc)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 31. (N / C / S)
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):168-169, pl.20, figs.1a♂,1b♀. (N: Hoang Lien; Van Ban; Na Hang; Ba Vi; Tam Dao; Huu Lien; Kim Hy; Cuc Phuong; Pu Luong / C: Pu Mat; Pu Hoat; Vu Quang; Bach Ma; Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong; Kon Cha Rang; Kon Ka Kinh; Da Lat; Bi Doup-Nui Ba)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂ 1♀ (photo).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1000 - 2200m) and is often found on open peaks and open areas around secondary forests. Both sexes visit flowers. In flight, the females are good mimics of Cethosia cyane.

Linnaeus, C.,1763 : Centuria Insectorum, Proposuit Boas Johansson.
Amoen. acad. 6: 384-415.

Linnaeus, C.,1768 : In: Sparrman,A., Iter in Chinam quod praeside D.D.Car. v.Linne.
Amoe. Acad. 7: 497-506.

Drury, D.,1770 : Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty [two hundred and twenty; two hundred] figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper-plates. With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them.
1: xxviii + 130, 50 pls. ([23.Apr].1770), London, B. White. (suppressed; ICZN, Opinion 474)

Goeze, J.A.E.,1779 : Entomologische Beytrage zu des Ritter Linne. zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems.
t.3, bd.1. Elipzig, Weidmann. XL + 390 pp.

Jung, C.C.,1792 : Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der bisher bekannten Schmetterlinge aus allen Welttheilen mit ihren Synonymen.
Alph. Verz. Schmett. 2: 1-406.

Godart, J.B.,1819 : In: Latreille, P.A. & J.B. Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique.
Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes.
9(1): i-ii, 3-328 ([before 13.Feb].1819), Paris, veuve Agasse.

Moore, F. [1858]: In: Horsfield, T. & Moore, F., A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Le Cerf, M.F.,1933 : Formes nouvelles de Lepidopteres Rhopaloceres.
Bull. Mus. Paris (2)5: 212-214.

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

Hemming, F. (Ed.),1957 : Opinions and declarations rendered by the international commision on Zoological Nomenclature.
Opinion 474. Determination of the dates to be assigned for the purposes of the Law of Priority to the names published in Dru Drury's Illustrations of Natural History in the period 1770-1782.
ICZN 16(16): 297-306. London.

de Moya, R.S., Savage, W.K., Tenney, C., Bao, X., Wahlberg, N. & Hill, R.I.,2017 :
Interrelationships and diversification of Argynnis Fabricius and Speyeria Scudder butterflies.
Syst. Ent. 42(4): 635-649.

♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.	♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.10.20 - 2023.05.31.