Neptis leucoporos leucoporos Fruhstorfer, 1908

Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♂ Un. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♀ Up. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♀ Un.
♂, 2007.10.15. Savannakhet, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Vinh Phu, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♂ Un. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♀ Up. Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ♀ Un.
♂, Khammouan, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera) ♀, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Neptis nata leucoporos Fruhstorfer, 1908
OD : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):312, pl.2, fig.7,♂.
TL : Chiem-Hoa, "Tonkin" [N.Vietnam]. (MNHN)
Distribution : SE.Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, N. & C.Vietnam. Hainan.
● ssp.leucoporos
ssp.cresina
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos Map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 77, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Pon Nam Ron)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Saito et al.,2011 : 50, figs.6A♂,6B♂(Un). (Savannakhet: Mt.Phine)
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Onodera,2022 : 35, pl.111, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: Natung; Xieng Khouang: Nachan; Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Neptis leucoporos ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Pursat; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis nata leucoporos ; Fruhstorfer,1912 : 605. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Neptis leucoporos ; Vitalis,1919 : 229. (Tonkin)
Neptis nata f. leucoporos ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 39. (Tonkin: Chiem-Hoa)
Neptis nata leucoporos ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.5:1,♀,2,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Neptis leucoporos ; Luong et al.,2004 : 6. (Cuc Phuong)
Neptis leocoporos ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien; Bach Ma)
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N / C)
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):66-67, pl.44, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Cuc Phuong / C: Bu Huong; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Phong Dien; Dakrong; Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Bach Ma; Kon Cha Rang; Kon Ka Kinh)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Khammouan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Savannakhet : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sekong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations.
The records from Cambodia are likely to be this taxon, although no specimens have been examined. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

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.


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A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.