Neptis armandia pila

Neptis armandia pila Tytler, 1940


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

♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)		♀, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Neptis melba pila Tytler, 1940
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:118.
TL : Loi Mwe, S. Shan States ; Bhamo, [Myanmar]. (NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar, N.Thailand, C.Laos (Xieng Khouang),
C.Vietnam (Kon Tum).

	● ssp.pila
	● ssp.manardia
	● ssp.morrisi

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis armandia pila ; Pinratana,1979 : 51, figs.N90,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Neptis armandia pila ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 53, pl.33, figs.85,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Neptis armandia pila ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 396, pl.172, figs.N88,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Neptis armandia pila ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 410, pl.178, figs.N264,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Neptis armandia pila ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.03.10)
Neptis armandia pila ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis armandia manardia ; Onodera,2022 : 36, pl.113, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀(shown as namardia [sic]),♀(Un, shown as namardia [sic]). (Xiangkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis armandia pila ; Monastyrskii,2005b : 150. (Kon Tum: Ngoc Linh)
Neptis armandia pila ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (C: Kon Tum)
Neptis armandia pila ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):80-81. (C: Ngoc Linh ; Kon Ka Kinh)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 5♂ 1♀ (incl. photo and photo by A.Giudici).

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

Nan : 3♂.

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

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂ 2♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane evergreen forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1300 - 2150m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees and occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Tytler, H.,1940 : Notes on Some New and Interesting Butterflies chiefly from Burma. Part.2.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:109-123.

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


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.03.31.