Lasippa monata monata

Lasippa monata monata (Weyenbergh, 1874)


♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.		♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.

♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

♂, 2013.01.03. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam. khoai, Holotype (photo by K.Saito)		♀, 2004.12.30. Dai Duc Me, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Khoai, Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Neptis monata Weyenbergh, 1874
OD : Petites Nouv. ent. 6(102): 408.
TL : "Banka" [Pulau Bangka, Indonesia].

Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka. [Java ?]

Synonyms

Neptis fuliginosa Moore, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3): 310; TL: "Moulmein" [Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar]. (NZC)
Neptis thamala Moore, 1886; J. linn. Soc., Zool. 21(126): 36, pl.3, fig.1,♀; TL: 'Mergui [Myeik Dist., Myanmar]; Elphinstone Island [Thayawthadangyi Kyun, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar]'. (NZC)
Bimbisara fuligonosa serapica Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2): 406–407; TL: N.-O. -Sumatra. (MNHN)
Bimbisara fuliginosa arnoldi Fruhstorfer, 1908; Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2): 407; TL: Samarinda, S.-O.-Borneo.
Lasippa monata khoai Saito & Inayoshi, 2014; Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65: 7–8, figs.33(HT,♂,♂Un), 34(PT,♀,♀Un); TL: Dambri, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (RIEB)

Type Materials Information

fuliginosa ; Type ♂, Moulmein, Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 220, figs.♂,♂(Un).
thamala ; Types ♂ 1♀, Mergui, Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 220, figs.♀(Un),♀, 221, figs.♂(Un),♂.
khoai ; Holotype ♂, 3.Jan.2010, Dambri (Alt.850m), Loc Bao, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. N.D. Khoa leg. (RIEB, examined)
Paratypes ; 1♂, 5.Sep.2010, Dambri, Lam Dong. N.D. Khoa leg. (in coll. K. Saito ) ; 1♀, 30.Dec.2004, Dai Duc Me (Alt.450m), Lam Dong. T. Saito leg. (in coll. K. Saito, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis fuliginosa fuliginosa: Godfrey,1916 : 129. (Pak Jong)
Lasippa monata monata: Eliot,1969 : 46. (Siam)
Lasippa monata monata: Pinratana,1979 : 43, figs.N68,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Ratchasima; Trang)
Neptis monata monata: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 55, pl.34, figs.91,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Lasippa monata monata: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 400, pl.174, figs.N95,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Yala; Phu Khieo)
Lasippa monata monata: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♂],[♂](Un). (Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.05.04)
Lasippa monata monata: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 396, pl.171, figs.N238,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Yala; Phu Khieo)
Lasippa monata monata: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chaiyaphum; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.13)
Lasippa monata monata: Kimura et al.,2016 : 71, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)

[ LAOS ]
Lasippa monata monata: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 58, pl.60, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Lasippa monata monata: Osada et al.,1999 : 206, pl.57, fig.♀. (Vang Vieng)
Lasippa monata monata: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Lasippa monata monata: Onodera,2022 : 37, pl.114, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Savannakhet)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Lasippa monata monata: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117, fig.'2E' [2F]. (Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lasippa monata monata: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 : 476. (Ke Bang N.R; Phong Dien)
Lasippa monata: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Phong Dien)
Lasippa monata monata: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 22, figs.N-62,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me)
Lasippa monata khoai: Saito & Inayoshi,2014 : 65:7–8, figs.33(HT,♂,♂Un),34(PT,♀,♀Un). (Lam Dong)
Lasippa monata monata: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (C: Quang Tri ; Lam Dong; S)
Lasippa monata monata: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):55, pl.42, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (C: Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Phong Dien; Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ (sighting by Y.Inayoshi).

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

Chaiyaphum : 1♀.

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

Nakhon Nayok : 1♀ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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

Surat Thani (Ban Ta Khun dist ; Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ 2♀ (incl.poto by E.Ikari).

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 2♂ 4♀ (incl.type series of khoai).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in primary forests at low to moderate elevations (100–1,200 m a.s.l.) and is frequently found on the forest edge and forest paths.

Literature

Weyenbergh, H, 1874. Observations générales sur la faune lépidoptérologique de l'île de Banka.
Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques, 6(101): 403–404; 6(102): 408.

Moore, F, 1881. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 29(3): 305–313.

Moore, F, 1886. List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and Its Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson.
Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 21(126): 29–60, pls. 3,4.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1908. Versuch einer monographischen Revision der Indo-Australischen Neptiden.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 69(2): 240–412, 3 pls. (May.1908)

Eliot, J.N, 1969. An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Supplement 15: 1–155, pls. 1–3.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y, 2014. Some notes of Limenitidinae from Indochina.
Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 65: 4–19.


♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♀+♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.02.20 - 2024.05.31.