♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype		♀, 1989.05.23. Chanthaburi, Thailand. Paratype
♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype		♂, 1996.04.02. Vientiane, Laos. Paratype

atlita ikarii, Unf apex and Male genitalia		clarissa militum, Unf apex and Male genitalia

ON : Terinos atlita ikarii Saito & Inayoshi, 2018 OD : Butterflies 79:30-31, fig.25,♂(HT), ♂(HT,Un), 26,♀(PT), ♀(PT,Un). TL : Thabok, Vientiane, Laos. (RIEB) Distribution : SE.Thailand (Chanthaburi ; Trat), Laos, Vietnam. ● ssp.ikarii ● ssp.teuthras

Holotype ♂, 10.May.2011. Thabok, Vientiane, C.Laos. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes : 4♂, 2.Apr.1996. Thadleuk WF., Vientiane, Laos. Y.Inayoshi leg. (NHML ; in coll. Y.Inayoshi, examined.) ; 1♀, Apr.2017. Chu Yang Sin, Dak Lak, alt. 1,800m, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito, examined.) ; 1♀, 23.May.1989. Makham dist., Chanthaburi, S.E.Thailand. P.Sukkit leg. (NHML, examined.)

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'Terinos atlita miletum [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.169, figs.N228a♂(Laos),♀(Laos). [photo from Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999] (in part)'
Terinos atlita ikarii ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Trat) (accessed: 2024.05.14)

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Terinos atlita miletum [sic] ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.49, figs.♂,♀. (Nhahin; Vientiane)
Terinos atlita miletum [sic] ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.
Terinos atlita ikarii ; Onodera,2022 : 28, pl.94, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

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Terinos atlita ikarii ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):178-179, pl.21, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀. (C: Binh Dinh)

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Chanthaburi : 1♀ (Paratype).

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Vientiane : 5♂ (Holotype & Paratypes), (1♂ genitalia dissected).

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The classification of this species and clarissa in the continental taxa has long been confused. Fruhstorfer (1912) in Seitz treated militum, falcata and lioneli as subspecies of clarissa, subsequently Tsukada (1985) considered them as subspecies of atlita. However, the continental militum, falcata and lioneli are in fact clarissa, as Fruhstorfer pointed out.
The identification between atlita and clarissa; In atlita the dark brown spot present in the center of submarginal pale purple mark of space 7 on the unf, while in clarissa, this mark at the inside.
This species was found in lowland forests together with Terinos clarissa militum. But, this species is more localized and rarer than Terinos clarissa.

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls. (in Japanese)

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2018 : New Taxa and new records of butterflies from Indochina.
Butterflies 79:28-57.

♂, Trat, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)

2019.12.31 - 2024.05.31.