Neptis nashona aagaardi Riley, 1932

Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♀ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (wsf), Phitsanulok, Thailand. (photo by T.Laola)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♀ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂ (wsf), Phetchabun, Thailand.
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Up. Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Neptis nashona aagaardi Riley, 1932
OD : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):249-250, pl.22, fig.6,♂.
TL : Doi Suthep, "Chiengmai, N.Siam" [Chiang Mai, N.Thailand].
(NHML)
Distribution : N. to CN.Thailand.
ssp.nashona
● ssp.aagaardi
ssp.chapa [? loc.err.]
ssp.kishii
ssp.???
ssp.tamamitsui
Neptis nashona aagaardi Map

Type Material Information

♂ Holotype, Feb.1931. Doi Suthep, "Chiengmai province, N. Siam" [Chiang Mai, N.Thailand]. C.J.Aagaard (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Godfrey,1932b : 324. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Eliot,1969 : 96. (N.Siam)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Pinratana,1979 : 50, figs.N85,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Loei)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 51, pl.31, figs.79,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Loei)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 392, pl.170, fig.N81,♀[♂]. (Chiang Mai) (in part)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 406, pl.176, figs.N257,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Chiang Mai) (in part)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchabun) (accessed: 2023.06.13)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 81, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 16♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phitsanulok : 1♀ (photo by T.Laola).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 800 - 1600m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at hilltops.


Literature

Riley, N.D.,1932 : Descriptions of New Siamese Rhopalocera.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):249-254, pl.22.

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


Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂
♂ (wsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂ Neptis nashona aagaardi ♂
♂ (wsf), Phetchabun, Thailand. ♂ (wsf), Phetchabun, Thailand.

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