♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♀, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Surat Thani (Koh Tao), Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Neptis papaja Moore, 1875 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(4): 570-571. TL : Sumatra. (NHML and Oxford.) Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Bangka. ● ssp.kamarupa ● ssp.papaja

Neptis mamaja Butler, 1879 : Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):541, pl.69, fig.3. TL. Malacca and Penang, [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Neptis hylas symada Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Int. ent. Z. 1(24):175. TL. "Riouw-Archipel" [Riau Archipelago, Indonesia]. (MNHN)
Neptis hylas mamaja aberr. pura Grunberg, 1908 : Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berl. 1908:286. TL. Taloek, Sumatra.
Neptis hylas bangkiva Fruhstorfer, 1912 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9 : 602. TL. "Insel Banka" [Bangka, Indonesia].

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Neptis hylas mamaja ; Pendlebury,1923 : 39. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang; Lan Saka)
Neptis hylas mamaja ; Godfrey,1930 : 279. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Bangnara)
Neptis hylas mamaja ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Pinratana,1979 : 45, figs.N72b♂,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 47, pl.27, figs.65a♂[♀],♂(Un). (Ranong; Songkhla; Trang; Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.(Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.25 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 388, pl.167, figs.N68a♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.04.14)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 398,400, pl.173, figs.N243b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 74-75, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Ranong; Phuket Hill; Ka Chong; Haadjai; Than To WF.)
Neptis hylas papaja ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.13)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 52, figs.Abb.N-281-286. (Phang Nga)

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Ranong : 1♂ 3♀.

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Surat Thani (Koh Tao) : 1♂ (photo by P.Koseirb).

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is common in montane and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 500m) and is often found on forest edges and forest paths.
The populations from W.Malaysia and P.Thailand are very variable as Eliot (1992) and Kimura et al. (2016) pointed out. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Moore, F.,1875 : Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(4):565-579, pls.66,67.

Butler, A.G.,1879 : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8):533-568, pls.68,69.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Neues über eine alte Neptis.
Int. ent. Z. 1(24):174-176. (7.Sep.1907)

Grunberg, K.,1908 : Eineige neue Lepidopteren-formen von den Sunda-Inseln.
Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berl. 1908:286-291, 1fig.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
593-616. (25.Sep.1912)

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

Eliot, J.N.,1992 : Cobert, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M. (Revised by Eliot, J.N.), The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition.
x + 595 + [69] pp., 69pp. of plates (some col.). Malayan Nature Society.

♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2024.08.31.