Neptis narayana dubernardi

Neptis narayana dubernardi Eliot, 1969


♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Neptis narayana dubernardi Eliot, 1969
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15: 107.
TL : "Upper Mekong Valley, Tse-Kou, N.W.Yunnan" [Yanmen, N.W.Yunnan]. (NHML)

Distribution : Yunnan, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Type Material Information

Holotype ♂, 1902. Upper Mekong Valley, "Tse-Kou" [Yanmen], N.W.Yunnan, R.P.J. Dubernard (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Kimura,1994 : 19, figs.15,♂,16,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai: Doi Inthanon)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 53, pl.32, figs.84,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 396, pl.172, figs.N87,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 408, pl.177, figs.N263,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 83, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.56, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Onodera,2022 : 36, pl.113, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N: Lao Cai / C: Ha Tinh)
Neptis narayana dubernardi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):82, pl.52, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien / C: Vu Quang)

Specimens Examined

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

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

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

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

Houaphan : 1♂ 1♀.

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

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1500 - 2150m).

Literature

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)

2006.02.20 - 2023.06.30.