Athyma reta reta
Moore, 1858
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♂, Ranong, Thailand. |
♀, Trang, Thailand. |
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. |
ON :
Athyma reta Moore, 1858
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(347/348):12, pl.50, fig.3,♂.
TL : Sumatra.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward), W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Singkep, Lingga, Belitung.
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Synonyms
Athyma kresna Moore, 1858 ; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(347/348):12-13, pl.50, fig.4,♂. TL. Borneo; Sumatra.
Pantoporia reta moorei Fruhstorfer, 1906 ; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56(6/7):406. TL. Province Wellesley; Malay Peninsula, [W. Malaysia].
Athyma reta moorei ♂f. shahruddini Tung, 1982 : Tokurana 4:60-61, pl.11, figs.5,♂, 6,♂(Un). TL. 7th Mile, Cameron Highlands, Perak. (in coll. V.W.Y.Tung)
Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Pantoporia reta moorei ; Godfrey,1930 : 284. (P: Bangnara)
Pantoporia reta moorei ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Athyma reta reta ; Pinratana,1979 : 56, figs.N99,♂,♂(Un). (Narathiwat)
Athyma reta moorei ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 59, pl.37, figs.103,♂,♂(Un). (Satun: Tarutao Is.)
Athyma reta reta ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 404, pl.176, figs.N107,♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Athyma reta reta ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 414, pl.180, figs.N272,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Athyma reta moorei ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 86, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)
Athyma reta reta ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Athyma kanwa kanwa ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : fig.Abb.N-320. (Phang Nga) (in part)
Athyma reta reta ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 57-58, figs.Abb.N-321-322. (Phang Nga)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ 1♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Trang : 1♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Satun : 1♀.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Yala : 2♂ (incl. photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Notes
The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 900m).
Males are territorial on shrubs.
The female of this species was confused with those of Athyma nefte for a long time until Kirton et al. (2020) correctly identified it.
Literature
Moore, F.,1858 : A monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two Genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(347/348):3-20, pl.49-51.
Distant, W.L.,1882-1886 : Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
London, Author, Penang, Logan : xvi+482+[4]pp, 46 pls.
Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 : Historisches und Morphologisches über das Genus Athyma und dessen Verwandte.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56(6/7):384-434, 8 figs. (19.Oct.1906)
Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls.
Tung, V.W.Y.,1982 : Notes on variant forms of Malaysian Butterflies
Tokurana (Acta Rhopalocera) 4:57-64, 3 pls.
Kirton, L.G., Tan, H., Phon, C.K. & Khew, S.K.,2020 : Discovery of the previously overlooked female of Athyma reta (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), and its taxonomic implications
Raffles Bull. Zool. 68:249-266.
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
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