Euthalia monina monina (Fabricius, 1787)

Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Un.
♂, Pattani, Thailand. ♀, Pattani, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Un.
♂, Pattani, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Up. Euthalia monina monina ♂ Un.
♂, Phuket, Thailand. ♂, Phuket, Thailand.

ON : Papilio monina Fabricius, 1787
OD : Mant. Ins. 2:51.
TL : 'India orientali' [Malay Pen].
Distribution : P.Thailand (Prachuap Khiri Khan and Southward), W.Malaysia, Singapore.
● ssp.kesava
ssp.monina
ssp.varius
Euthalia monina monina map

Synonyms

Adolias ramada Moore, 1859 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2)5(2/3):69, pl.4, fig.5,♂. TL. Malacca, [W.Malaysia].
Adolias decoratus Butler, 1869 : Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):605-606, pl.45, figs.2,9. TL. Singapore.
Nora cordelia perakana Fruhstorfer, 1899 : Berl. ent. Z. 44(1/2):158. TL. Perak, [W.Malaysia].
Nora bipunctata gardineri Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Soc. Ent. 20(19):148. TL. Malacca, [W.Malaysia].
Euthalia monina grahami Riley & Godfrey, 1921 : J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):178, pl.5, figs.5,♂, 6,♀. TL. "Patani, Peninsular Siam" [Pattani, P.Thailand]. (NHML)


Type Materials Information

grahami : ♂ Rh.123, Patani [Pattani], P.Siam. (NHML) ; ♀ Rh.124, Patani [Pattani], P.Siam. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia monina monina ; Pendlebury,1923 : 40. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram ; Lan Saka)
Euthalia monina grahami ; Godfrey,1930 : 292. (Bangrana)
Euthalia monina grahami ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Euthalia monina monina ; Pinratana,1979 : 72, figs.N124b♂(f. monina),♂(f. decoratus),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Songkhla; Trang; Yala; Narathiwat) (in part)
Euthalia monina monina ♂f. monina; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 74, pl.49, figs.135a♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Euthalia monina monina ♂f. decorata ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 74, pl.49, figs.135a♂,♀. (Trang; Pattani)
Euthalia monina monina ♂f. gardineri ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 74, not fig. (Chumphon; Ranong; Trang)
Tanaecia pelea pelea ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂[♀]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Euthalia monina monina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 430, pl.189, figs.N140a♂(f. monina),♂(f. monina,Un),♂(f. decorata),♂(f. decorata,Un), ♀,♀(Un), (Than To)
Euthalia kanda marana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.194, figs.N147,♀,♀(Un). (Kaper) (in part)
Taenacia pelea pelea ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂[♀](Un). (Koh Samui) (in part) (accessed: 2021.08.04)
Taenacia aruna aruna ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂[♀]. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.04.10)
Taenacia palguna consanguina ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♀. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2021.08.04)
Euthalia monina monina ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2021.08.04)
Euthalia monina monina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 440, pl.193, figs.N306a♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀(bottom),♀(bottom,Un). (Ranong; Than To) (in part)
Euthalia monina monina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.03.11)
Euthalia monina monina ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 103, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.) (in part)
Euthalia monina monina ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 64-65, figs.Abb.N-389-406. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Prachuap Khiri Khan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 3♂ 6♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 6♂ 5♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). Males are territorial on shrubs and trees.
Both sexes are polymorphic. Females in Peninsular Thailand are generally of the Tanaecia form, and the continental form is rare. I tentatively treat all populations in P. Thailand as this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Fabricius, J. C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Moore, F.,1859 : A Monograph of the Genus Adolias, a Genus of Diurnal Lepidopotera belonging to the Family Nymphalida.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2)5(2/3):62-87, pls.3-9.

Butler, A.G.,1869 :
A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868(3):599-615, pl.45.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1899 : Nachschrift.
Berl. ent. Z. 44(1/2):157-158. (Jul.1899)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 : Neue Euthaliiden.
Soc. Ent. 20(19):148-149. (1.Jan.1906)

Riley, N.D. & Godfrey, E.J.,1921 : Some Undescribed Rhopalocera from Siam.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4(3):167-190, pls.4-7.


Euthalia monina monina ♂ Euthalia monina monina ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Euthalia monina monina ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Euthalia monina monina ♂ Euthalia monina monina ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2007.02.10 - 2024.09.30.

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