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

ON : Limenitis houlberti Oberthür, 1913 OD : Étud. Lép. comp. 7: 670, pl.187, fig.1824. TL : "Tse-kou" [Yanmen, NW.Yunnan]. Distribution : N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, SW.China.

Limenitis houlberti sanctigabrieli D'Abrera, 1993 : Butts. Holarctic Region 3: 344. Loc. Thailand. (Unavailable name)
Limenitis houlberti sugisawai Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace 8: 8, pl.3, fig.10(HT,♂, ♂Un). TL. Mt.Fangshipang, alt.2000m, Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam. (KMNH)

sugisawai :
Holotype ♂, Jul.1992. Mt.Fangshipang, alt.2000m, Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam. (KMNH)
Paratypes :
5♂ 5♀, Jul.1992. Mt.Fangshipang, alt.2000m, Sapa, Laocai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi) ;
5♂ 5♀, Jul.1998. Mt.Pia Oac, alt.1200m, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)

[ THAILAND ]
Limenitis houlberti ; Eliot,1987 : 24, figs.8,9. (Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Limenitis houlberti ; Kimura,1994 : 19, figs.19,20. (Chiang Mai: Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Limenitis houlberti ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 63, pl.41, fig.114,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 412, pl.180, fig.N119,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 422, pl.184, figs.N285,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 92, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)
Parasarpa houlberti ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.14)

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Parasarpa houlberti ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19, fig.5,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.61, figs.♂. (Xam Neua)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.

[ VIETNAM ]
Limenitis houlberti sugisawai Funahashi,2003 : Wallace 8:8, pl.3, fig.10(HT,♂,♂Un). (N: Mt.Fangshipang, Sapa, Lao Cai)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (N: Lao Cai)
Parasarpa houlberti ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):42-43, pl.40, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 16♂ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 1600 - 2200m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at hilltops.

Oberthür, C.,1913 : Explication des planches.
Étud. Lép. comp. 7: 657-677, col.pls.161-197.

D'Abrera, B.,1993 : Butterflies of the Holarctic Region Part 3. Nymphalidae (concl.), Libytheidae, Riodinidae & Lycaenidae.
188 pp. Victoria, Australia, Hill House.

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Limenitis houlberti Oberthür, 1912 from Sapa, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2. Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8: 8, pl.3.

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.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.03.10 - 2024.04.30.