Euthalia adonia beata

Euthalia adonia beata Fruhstorfer, 1905


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Euthalia adonia beata Fruhstorfer, 1905
OD : Ent. Zeit. 19(12):63-64.
TL : 'Bangkok', "Siam" [Thailand]. (MNHN)

Distribution : Thailand, Langkawi, W. Malaysia,
Tioman, Singapore.

Synonym

Euthalia adonia pinwilli Pendlebury & Coret, 1938 : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2):238, fig.2(♂ genitalia). TL. Malacca, [W. Malaysia]. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

beata : Holotype ♀, Bangkok, Thailand. (MNHN) ; Yokochi,1999 : 45, fig.63(HT,♀).
pinwilli : Holotype ♀, Malacca. (NHML) ; Allotype ♂, Perak. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia adonia beata ; Fruhstorfer,1913 : 679. (Bangkok)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Godfrey,1916 : 131. (Bangkok) (by original description)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Godfrey,1930 : 294. (Bangkok)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Pinratana,1979 : 79, not fig. (Bangkok)
Euthalia adonia pinwilli ; Pinratana,1979 : 79, fig.N137,♀. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 79, pl.54, figs.149,♂,♀. (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Yokochi,1999 : 46, fig.63(HT,♀). (S.Thailand)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 446, pl.197, figs.N155,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong)
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.197, figs.N156,♂(center),♂(right,Un). (in part)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2021.06.14)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 456, pl.201, figs.N321,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong; Yala)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 109, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Satun)
Euthalia adonia beata ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 67-68, figs.Abb.N-422-423. (Phang Nga)
Euthalia adonia beata ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2021- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Yala) (accessed: 2021.07.20)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♀ (sighting by Y.Inayoshi).

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

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by A.Giudici).

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

Yala : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). Males are occasionally territorial on trees at hilltops.
Talbot,1936 recorded this species from northern Thailand, but the description suggests that it is Euthalia djata osadai. Apart from the type specimen, this taxon has only been found in peninsular Thailand south of Ranong. I suspect that the type locality 'Bangkok' in the original description may be an erroneous locality. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1905 : Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet.
Ent. Zeit. 19(12):63-64. (22.Jun.1905)

Pendlebury, H. M. & Corbet, A. S.,1938 : The lubentina Group of the Genus Euthalia Hbn.
J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2):236-239, 4 figs.

Yokochi, T.,1999 : A revision of the lubentina group of genus Euthalia (Rhopalocera, Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Australian Region (I)
Butterflies 22:33-51, 72 figs.


♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.

2007.01.31 - 2024.05.31.