♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀ (dsf), Lam Dang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂ (dsf), Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂ (dsf), Trat, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Athyma asita Moore, 1858 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26):13. TL : 'Unknown, probably N.India' Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan. ● ssp.asita ● ssp.subrata

Pantoporia nefte asita ♂.forma asitina Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 56(6/7):414. TL. "Lower Birma" [Myanmar].
Pantoporia nefte f. meillieri Dubois & Vitalis, 1924 : Faune. ent. Indochine fasc. 8:41. TL. Luang Prabang, Laos.

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Pantoporia nefte asita ; Godfrey,1916 : 129. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Pantoporia nefte asita ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Pantoporia nefte asita ; Godfrey,1930 : 286. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Mai)
Athyma nefte asita ; Pinratana,1979 : 59, fig.N106a,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Kao Yai; Nakhon Nayok)
Athyma nefte asita ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 61, pl.39, figs.108a♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)
Athyma nefte asita ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 51, fig.20,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Pung)
Athyma nefte asita ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 408, pl.176, figs.N112a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Lampang)
Athyma nefte asita ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 418, pl.182, figs.N277a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Lampang)
Athyma nefte asita ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Athyma nefte asita ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 89, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Kao Yai; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Saverb)

[ LAOS ]
Pantoporia nefte f. asita ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Laos)
Pantoporia nefte f. meilleri ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Luang Prabang: Pak-Vet)
Athyma nefte asita ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 58, pl.62, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng; Nam Moh; Luang Prabang; Tha Ngone; Pakse)
Athyma nefte asita ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.60, figs.♂dsf,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phong Saly; Nhahin; Thabok; Lak Sao)
Athyma nefte asita ; Onodera,2009b : 36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Athyma nefte asita ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Athyma nefte asita ; Onodera,2022 : 39, pl.117, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Vieng Thong)

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Athyma nefte ; Onodera,2007 : 28, fig.58,♀. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kuhlen)
Athyma nefte ; Onodera,2009 : 40. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Athyma nefte ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Athyma nefte asita ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 118. (Koh Kong; Pursat; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pantoporia nefte asita ; Fruhstorfer,1912 : 633. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asita ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asitina ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia nefte f. asita ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia nefte f. asitina ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asita ; Lemée,1950 : 14. (Hagiang; Backan)
Pantoporia nefte asita f.hib. asita ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Pantoporia nefte asita f.aest. asitina ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Athyma nefte asita ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.5:17,♂,18,♂(Un), fig.9:41(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma nefte ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 65, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma nefte ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Phong Dien)
Athyma nefte asita ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 26, figs.N-72,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Athyma nefte asita ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (N / C / S)
Athyma nefte asita ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):32-34, pl.37, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un),4c♀. (N: Na Hang; Ba Be; Cuc Phuong / C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Vu Quang; Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Phong Dien; Dakrong; A Luoi; Bach Ma; Son Thanh; Chu Yang Sin; Cat Loc; Da Teh; Nui Chua / S: La Nga; Nghia Trung)

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Mae Hong Son : 2♂ 3♀.

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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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Phetchabun : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).

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Chanthaburi : 2♂ 1♀.

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Vinh Phuc : 2♂.

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The butterfly is common in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt.400 - 1600m). Males are territorial on shrubs.
Individuals similar to ssp.inara, shown above with a dry-season form male from Mae Hong Son, occur very occasionally in northern Thailand.

Moore, F.,1858 : Monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26):3-20, Annulosa pls. 49-51.

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)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Lampang, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.03.10 - 2023.06.30.