Athyma sinope sinope

Athyma sinope sinope (Moore, [1858])


♂, Satun, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.

♀, Narathiwat, Thailand.

ON : Pandita sinope Moore, [1858]
OD : in: Horsfield & Moore,
Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1:182, pl.6a, fig.3,♂.
TL : Java. (NHML)

Distribution : P. Thailand (Satun and Southward),
W. Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Banyak,
Singkep, Lingga, Bangka, Belitung, Nias, Java.

	● ssp.aesta
	● ssp.sinope

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pandita sinope sinope ; Pinratana,1979 : 63, figs.N112,♂,♂(Un). (Narathiwat)
Pandita sinope sinope ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 62, pl.40, figs.112,♂,♂(Un). (Narathiwat) (in part)
Athyma sinope sinope ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Narathiwat) (accessed: 2024.03.03)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Satun : 2♂ 1♀.

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

Naratiwat : 1♀.

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

Notes

This species was recently changed to genus Athyma based on DNA analysis. It is also confirmede by the morphology of the early stages.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 50 - 200m).

Literature

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Tan, H.,2009 : Life History of the Colonel (Pandita sinope sinope)
Butterflies of Singapore

Wu, L. W., Chiba, H., Lees, D. C., Ohsima, Y. & Jeng, M. L.,2019 : Unravelling relationships among the shared stripes of sailors:
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Limenitidini butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae,Limenitidinae), focusing on the genera Athyma and Limenitis
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 130(2019):60-66.

♀, Satun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.01.20 - 2024.03.31.