Euthalia alpheda verena Fruhstorfer, 1913

Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda verena ♀ Up.
♂, Vang Vieng, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.
(photo by K.Saito)
♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.
(photo by K.Saito)

ON : Euthalia jama verena Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:669.
TL : "Ober-Birma" [Myanmar].
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam.
● ssp.verena
ssp.yamuna
ssp.langkawica
Euthalia alpheda verena map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia jama ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 75. (Chanthaburi: Khao Sabap)
Euthalia alpheda jama ; Pinratana,1979 : 73, fig.N126a♂ ; 74, figs.126a♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chiayaphum; Chonburi; Nakhon Ratchasima)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 75, pl.51, figs.138a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiayaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chonburi)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 76, pl.51, fig.138b♀. (Chaiyaphum) (in part)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 29, fig.79,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 436, pl.191, figs.N143a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Kanchanaburi)
Euthalia alpheda jama ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 436, pl.192, figs.N143c♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Phu Kha; Kanchanaburi)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 446, pl.195, figs.N309a♂,♂(Un),♀ ; pl.196, figs.N309a,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Chiang Dao; Doi Phu Kha)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.03.1)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 104, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Ph Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Khun Lao Villege; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia alpheda verena (ssp.verena?) ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 60, pl.67, figs.7,♂,8,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Euthalia alpheda jama ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.64, figs.♂,♀. (Nong Het; Vang Vieng)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Onodera,2022 : 43, pl.126, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Luang Phabang; Oudomxai; Bolikhamxai: Lak Sao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Euthalia alpheda jama ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 118. (Koh Kong; Pursat; Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia jama ; Lemée,1950 : 15. (Hagiang)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.6:14,♀,15,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Euthalia alpheda jama ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 67, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 32, figs.N-89,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 40. (N / C / S)
Euthalia alpheda verena ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):116-117, pl.63, figs.2a♂,2b♀. (N: Ba Vi; Cuc Phuong; Tam Dao / C: Da Teh; Cat Loc / S: Nam Cat Tien; Lo Go Xa Mat)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 5♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 6♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forest at low to high elevations (Alt. 400 - 1600m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males are territorial on trees.
A female specimen from Phu Khiewo, Chaiyaphum showen in Kimura et al. (2016) resembles ssp.yamuna. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
665-680. (13.Jan.1913)


Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Euthalia alpheda verena ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda verena ♂ Euthalia alpheda verena ♂
♂, Loei, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.02.10 - 2023.03.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.