Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi  Grose-Smith, 1889

Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Up. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Un. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♀ Up. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♀ Un.
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Up. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Un. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Up. Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

ON : Euthalia whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1889
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)3:313-314.
TL : Kinabalu, Borneo. (NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
ssp.miyazakii
● ssp.whiteheadi
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi map

Synonyms

Euthalia lubentina mariae Fruhstorfer, 1904 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 65(2):348-349. TL. Sumatra. (♂, NHML)
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara Pendlebury & Corbet, 1938 : J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(2):238-239. TL. Khao Luang, Thailand. (♂)


Type Materials Information

whiteheadi : Lectotype ♂, Kina-Balu, Sabah, Borneo. designated by Yokochi,1999. (NHML) ; Yokochi,1999 : 44, fig.55(LT,♂,♂Un).
mariae : Lectotype ♂, Sinabong, Sumatra. designated by Yokochi,1999. (MNHN) ; Yokochi,1999 : 45, fig.62(LT,♂).
zinara : Holotype ♂, 23.Mar.1922. Khao Luang, Nakhon Sri Tamarat, P.Siam ; Allotype ♀, 01.Mar.1922. Khao Ram, Nakhon Sri Tamarat, P.Siam.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara ; Pinratana,1979 : 79, not fig. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 79, pl.20, figs.148,♂,♀. ('Chaiyaphum' [loc.err.])
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ; Yokochi,1999 : 51. (S.Thailand)
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 446, pl.197, figs.N156,♂(left),♀,♀. (Khao Pota) (in part)
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 456, pl.201, figs.N322,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khao Pota) (in part)
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 109, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Kam Puan)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 5♂ 1♀ (incl. photo & photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forest at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1300m). Males are frequently territorial on trees at hilltops.
Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 recorded it from 'Chaiyaphum', N.E.Thailand, but according to Kimura et al.,2016, this is a misidentification of Euthalia malaccana.


Literature

Grose-Smith, H.,1889 :
Descriptions of ten more new Species of Butterlies captured by Mr.John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6)3:312-319.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1904 : Neue Euthaliiden.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 65(2):348-353.

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.


Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♂ Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ♀
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2007.02.10 - 2023.01.31.

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