♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Uttaradit, Thailand.		♂, Oudomxay, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Adolias taooana Moore, 1879 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):831. TL : "Taoo, [Myanmar]". (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar (Kachin to Karen), Thailand, Laos, Yunnan.

Euthalia longi Vitalis, 1924 : in Dubois & Vitalis, Faune ent. Indo-Chine Fr. 3:43-44. TL. "Laos (Xieng-Khouang, Ban-Sen-Savouane)" [Xieng Khouang, Laos]. (NHML)
Euthalia patala kikuoi Okano, 1988 : Tokurana 13(2):2, 5, figs.8(HT,♀), 9(HT,♀Un), 10(AT,♂), 11(AT,♂Un); 6, fig,(PT,4♂♂ 4♀♀). TL. Doi Suthep, "Chieng Mai" [Chiang Mai], North Thailand. (in coll. K.Okano)

taooana : ♂, Syntype, Taoo, 3-5000 ft., Upper Tenasserim. (NHML) : Yokochi,2010 : 31, pl.23, figs.97a♂,97b♂(Un).
longi : ♂, Syntype, 20.Mar.1917. Xieng Khouang, [Laos]. det. by R.I.Vane-Wright,1968. (NHML) : Yokochi,2010 : 27, pl.14, figs.62a♂,62b♂(Un).
kikuoi : Doi Suthep, "Chieng Mai" [Chiang Mai], North Thailand.
Holotype ♀, Mar.1987. N.Koyama leg. (in coll. K.Okano, examined.) : Yokochi,2010 : 27, pl.12, figs.55a♀,55b♀(Un).
Allotype ♂, 17.Mar.1986. (in coll. K.Okano, examined.) ; Paratypes : 13♂ 16♀. (NHML ; in coll. K.Okano, examined.)

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Euthalia patala taooana ; Pinratana,1979 : 82, figs.N143,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 80, pl.55, fig.152,♂. (Chiang Mai; Chiang Rai: Wieng Papao)
Bassarona patala taooana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 448, pl.198, figs.N159,♂,♀. (Wiang Papao)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Yokochi,2011 : 31, pl.54, figs.319a♀,319b♀(Un). (N: Chiang Rai)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 460, pl.203, figs.N325,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Wiang Pa Pao)
Euthalia patala taooana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet) (accessed: 2021.12.04)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 110, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao Villege; Maethro)

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Euthalia patala taooana ; Masui & Uehara,1995 : 5, pl.2, fig.3,♂. (Oudomxay)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.67, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay)
Euthalia patala ; Masui & Uehara,2004 : 29, fig.6,♂. (Oudomxay)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Yokochi,2011 : 31. (N)
Euthalia patala taooana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia patala taooana ; Onodera,2022 : 45, pl.130, figs.♂,♂(Un), pl.131,figs.♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai)

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 900 - 1800m). Males are territorial on trees and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
I have observed Euthalia dunya ♂ courting Euthalia patala ♀. The dunya ♂ persistently courted the patala ♀ for about five minutes before the patala finally flew away. The key to interspecific recognition in dunya could be the ground colour of the underside.

Moore, F.,1879 : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-858, pls. 51-53.

Dubois, E. & Vitalis, de Salvaza, R.,1924 : Contribution a la Faune Entomologique de l'Indochine Française.
Faune ent. Indo-Chine fr. 1924(3):27-47.

Okano, K.,1988 : Descriptions of two new subspecies of butterflies from Indonesia and from Thailand. (Lep.,Rhopalocera)
Tokurana 13(2):1-8, 15 figs.

Lang, S.Y.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.

Yokochi, T.,2010 : Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore,[1897] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini)
Part 1. Systematic arranement and taxonomic list.
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist. ser.A, 8:19-67.

Yokochi, T.,2011 : Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore,[1897] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini)
Part 2. Group division and descriptions of species (1).
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist. ser.A, 9:9-106.

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

Interspecies courtship behavior, Euthalia dunya and Euthalia patala
Euthalia dunya ♂ is courting ♀ of Euthalia patala, Nan, Thailand.

2007.02.20 - 2024.05.31.