Euthalia lubentina lubentina (Cramer, 1777)

Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Un. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Un. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Phrae, Thailand.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Un. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Un. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Up. Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Un.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Papilio lubentina Cramer, 1777
OD : Uitl. Kapellen 2(13): 92, pl.155, figs.C♀, D♀(Un).
TL : "China" [S.China].
Distribution : Sikkim to Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong.
● ssp.lubentina
● ssp.chersonesia
Euthalia lubentina lubentina map

Synonyms

Euthalia lubentina indica Fruhstorfer, 1904; Stettin ent. Ztg. 65(2): 350; TL: 'Sikkim; S.-Indien; Ceylon [Sri Lanka]' [Sikkim]. (MNHN)
Euthalia lubentina shiamensis Tsukada, 1991; In: Tsukada, Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. 5: 404,549, pl.233, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(PT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un); TL: "Chieng Dao, N.Thailand" [Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, N.Thailand.] (in coll. E. Tsukada)
Euthalia lubentina hainana Tsukada, 1991; In: Tsukada, Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. 5: 404,549, pl.233, figs.5(PT,♀), 6(PT,♀Un), 7(HT,♂), 8(HT,♂Un); TL: Hainan. (in coll. E. Tsukada)


Type Materials Information

lubentina ; Syntype ♀, S.China. [lost]
indica ; Lectotype ♀, Jindia Sikkim. designated by Yokochi,1997. (MNHN) ; Yokochi,1999 : 45, fig.61(LT,♀).
shiamensis ;
Holotype ♂, Feb.1987, Chieng Dao [Chiang Dao], N.Thailand. (in coll. E. Tsukada)
Paratypes : all Paratypes from Thailand.
20♂ 14♀, "Chieng Dao" [Chiang Dao] ; 4♂ 1♀, "Chieng Mai" [Chiang Mai] ; 1♂, Doi Pui, "Chieng Mai" [Chiang Mai] ; 1♂, Doi Suthep, "Chieng Mai" [Chiang Mai] ; 1♀, "Huay Gaew, Chieng Mai" [Huay Kaeo, Chiang Mai] ; 1♂ 3♀ Doi Inthanon ; 1♂ 2♀, "Vien Pa Pao, Chieng Rai" [Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Rai] ; 2♂, "Chieng Rai" [Chiang Rai] ; 1♀, Wang Chin, 'Chieng Rai' [Phrae] ; 1♀, "Phukhies" [Phu Khiao] ; 1♂ 5♀, Bangkok.
[3♀, Ranong. These specimens are considered to be ssp.chersonesia].
hainana ;
Holotype ♂, 1.Nov.1986, Hainan. (in coll. E. Tsukada)
Paratypes : 1♂ 2♀, Hainan.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia lubentina indica: Fruhstorfer,1913 : 676. (Siam)
Euthalia lubentina indica: Godfrey,1916 : 131. (Bangkok)
Euthalia lubentina indica: Godfrey,1930 : 293. (Bangkok)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Pinratana,1979 : 78, figs.N135,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Chonburi; Nonthaburi; Bangkok; Nakhonprathom)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 79, pl.54, figs.146,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Chonburi; Bangkok; Kanchanaburi) (partim)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 29, fig.82,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 51. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 444, pl.196, figs.N153,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 454, pl.200, figs.N319a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiang Rai)
Euthalia lubentina chersonesia: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.200, figs.N319b♀(center),♀(right,Un). (partim)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok; Bangkok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2024.05.13)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Kimura et al.,2016 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂, ♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao Villege; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo; Bangkok; Sai York Noi)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 60, col. pl.13,♀ ; pl.69, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng; Nam Moh; TG; Luang Prabang; Tha Ngone; Nam Ngum Dam)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Osada et al.,1999 : 207, pl.65, figs.♂,♂(Un.),♀,♂,♂,♂. (Oudomxay; Vang Vieng; Luang Phrabang; Boung Kuang)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Onodera,2022 : 44, pl.128, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Savannakhet)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Woodfield & Murton,2006 : figs.♀,♂. (Botum Sakor NP.)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 118. (Koh Kong; Pursat; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia lubentina: Joannis,1901 : 319. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Fruhstorfer,1913 : 676. (Tonkin)
Euthalia lubentina f. lubentina: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 43. (Tonkin: Vietri)
Euthalia lubentina: Lemée,1950 : 15. (Hagiang)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Metaye,1957 : 97. (N; C; S)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.6:12,♀,13,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Euthalia lubentina: Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 68, fig.♂. (Cuc Phuong)
Euthalia lubentina: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Huong Thuy)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 32, figs.N-92,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Bao Loc; Dai Duc Me; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Ho Chi Minh)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 40. (N; C; S)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Saito et al.,2017 : 81. (S: Nui Cam)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):121–122, pl.65, figs.2a♀,2b♂,2c♂(Un). (N: Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong; C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Bu huong; Pu Mat; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Ngoc Linh; Loc Bac; Cat Loc; Bai Ai; Chu Yang Sin; S: Cat Tien; La Nga)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina: Saito et al.,2021 : 464. (Phu Quoc)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 10♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 1♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 3♂ 7♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chonburi : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Phong Saly : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (300–1,600 m a.s.l.). Males are frequently territorial on trees at hilltops.
Tsukada (1991) described ssp.shiamensis based on the specimens from N. Thailand and included Ranong specimens as paratypes. However, this taxon is a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies, and the Ranong paratypes are considered to be ssp.chersonesia.


Literature

Cramer, P.,1777 : De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique.
S.J. Baalde; Barthelemy Wild and J. Van Schoonhoven & Comp., Amsteldam, 2(9/16): 1–151, pls. 97–192. (1777)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1904. Neue Euthaliiden von demselben.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 65(2): 348–353. (Oct.1904)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1913. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 665–680. (13.Jan.1913)

Tsukada, E, 1991. In: Tsukada, E. (Ed.), Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands 5. Nymphalidae (II).
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute, Nagano, 576 pp., (238 pls.). (in Japanese)

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


Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♂ Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ♀ Euthalia lubentina lubentina egg
♀ laying egg & egg, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.02.10 - 2026.03.31.

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