Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni

Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969


♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.		♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15:35.
TL : Karwar, N.Kanara, S.India.

Distribution : Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, SE.Tibet, S.Yunnan,
S.Guangxi, Hainan.

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.Sep.1895. Karwar, N.Kanara, S.India. ex. Davidson Coll. Wet-season form.
Allotype ♀, Sep.1889. Karwar, N.kanara, S.India. Wet Season form.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Eliot,1969 : 35. (Siam)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Pinratana,1979 : 41, figs.N61,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis sandaka davidsoni ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 55, pl.20, figs.93,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Chonburi; Kanchanaburi; Yala)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 27-28, fig.73,♀[♂]. (Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Na Pho Krang; Phu Chong Na Yoi; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Phu Hin Dang; Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 50. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Phu Pung)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.157,♂. (Umphang: Umphang; Tha Sai)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 400, pl.174, figs.N97,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (in part)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 394, pl.170, figs.N230,♂(right),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 68-69, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Nam Nao; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo; Sai York Noi; Kanchanaburi; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
'Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 49, figs.Abb.N-257-262. (Phang Nga)'

[ LAOS ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 57, pl.55, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Luang Prabang; Vientiane; Nam Moh)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.57, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Onodera,2022 : 38, pl.115, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Bao Lao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Pantoporia sandaka ; Onodera,2008 : 58. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Kosterin,2020 : 328. (Siem Reap; Stung Treng)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 64, figs.♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Pantoporia sandaka ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Huong Thuy)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 22, figs.N-60,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (N / C / S)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):47-48, pl.41, figs.5a♂,5b♂(Un),5c♀. (N: Van Ban; Ba Be; Cuc Phuong / C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Bach Ma; Kon Cha Rang; Da Teh; Cat Loc / S: Cat Tien; Lo Go Xa Mat; La Nga; Nghia Trung)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂.

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

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 5♀.

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

Phrae : 2♂.

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

Nan : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Ranong : 2♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 1000m). It is slightly less common than the sympatric Pantoporia hordonia. The populations of peninsular Thailand, especially the specimens from Yala might be the nominotypical subspecies. However I tentatively treat them as ssp.davidsoni due to the small number of specimens examined and the insufficient comparative study. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1969 : An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Supple.15. London.

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