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. 1:408.
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, Myanmar]. (NZC)
Neptis thamala Moore, 1886 : J. linn. Soc., Zool. 21(126):36, pl.3, fig.1,♀. TL. "Mergui" [Myeik]; "Elphinstone Island" [Thayawthadangyi Kyun], [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 ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,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, Uémura & Uehara,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, Saito & Saito,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 rare in montane primary forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 100 - 1200m) and is frequently found on the forest edge and forest paths.

Literature

Weyenbergh, H.,1874 : Observations generales sur le faune lepidopterologique de l'ile de Banka.
Petites Nouv. ent. 1(102):403-404,408.

Moore, F.,1881 : Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 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.
J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21(126):29-60, pls.3,4.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Versuch einer monographischen Revision der Indo-Australischen Neptiden.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):240-412, 3 pls. (May.1908)

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

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.