Neptis capnodes pandoces

Neptis capnodes pandoces Eliot, 1969


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Neptis yerburii pandoces Eliot, 1969
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15:69, pl.2, fig.14(HT,♂).
TL : Darjeeling, Sikkim. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
S.E.Tibet.

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Darjeeling, Sikkim. 1894. R.P.Bretaudeau. (NHML)
Allotype ♀, Tumlong, Sikkim. 1894, R.P.Bretaudeau. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Eliot,1969 : 69. (W.Siam)
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 75, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.54, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vieng Xai; Oudomxay)
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 20, fig.N-48,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, fig.N-48,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N / C)
Neptis yerburii pandoces ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):63, pl.43, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Ba Be; Dong Phuc; Cuc Phuong; Van Ban / C: Pu Mat; Kon Ka Kinh; Vinh Thanh; Krong Trai; Hon Ba; Bu Gia Map)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂.

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

Tak : 3♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1700m) and is often found on the forest edge along streams. Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
It is very similar to Neptis soma, however, the size is almost the same or slightly smaller than Neptis clinia.

Literature

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

Smetacek, P.,2011 : A Review of West Himalayan Neptini (Nymphalidae)
J. Lep. Soc. 65(3):153-161.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Tak, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.04.30.