Euthalia dunya dunya
(Doubleday, [1848])
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♂, Phuket, Thailand. |
♀, Ranong, Thailand. |
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♂, Nan, Thailand. |
♀, Nan, Thailand. |
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♂, Vientiane, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) |
♂, Narathiwat, Thailand. |
ON :
Adolias dunya Doubleday, [1848]
OD : Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl.44, fig.3.
TL : 'Northern India' [? Malay Pen.] (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra.
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Records taken from Literature
[ THAILAND ]
Euthalias dunya mahara ; Pendlebury,1923 : 41. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang)
Euthalias dunya dunya ; Godfrey,1930 : 296. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang; Surat Thani: Khao Poata; W: Klong Klung; Pran River)
Euthalias dunya dunya ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Euthalias dunya dunya ; Pinratana,1979 : 84, figs.N146,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Euthalias dunya dunya ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 82, pl.58, fig.157,♂. (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Pattani; Yala)
Bassarona dunya dunya ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.172,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai)
Bassarona dunya dunya ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 456, pl.202, figs.N166,♂,♀. (Yala; Ranong)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.01.21)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 468, pl.207, figs.N332,♂,♀. (Yala; Ranong)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Kanchanaburi; Ratchaburi; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.09.22)
Bassarona dunya dunya ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 113, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Sai Kao WF; Than To WF.)
Bassarona dunya dunya ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 69, figs.Abb.N-430-433. (Phang Nga)
[ LAOS ]
Bassarona dunya dunya ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 61, pl.71, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.66, fig.♂. (Vang Vieng)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Namdhua)
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia dunya dunya ; Onodera,2022 : 46, pl.135, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Ban Lao; Vientiane: Vang Vieng)
Specimens Examined
[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 6♂ 1♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Ranong : 3♂ 3♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phangnga : 1♂.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Phuket : 1♂.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Satun : 2♂ 1♀.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Yala : 5♂ (incl. photo).
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Narathiwat : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Vientiane : 1♂.
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Notes
The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1300m) and often comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground.
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.
Literature
Doubleday, E.,1846-1852 : The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus.
Longon, Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. xii + ii + 534 pp, 86 pls, In 54 parts. In 2 vols.
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♂, Yala, Thailand. |
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♂, Yala, Thailand. |
♂, Yala, Thailand. |
Interspecies courtship behavior, Euthalia dunya and Euthalia patala |
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Euthalia dunya ♂ is courting ♀ of Euthalia patala, Nan, Thailand. |
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