Lexias albopunctata borealis Hanafusa, 1990

Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Xaignabouri, Laos. ♀, Xaignabouri, Laos.

ON : Lexias albopunctata borealis Hanafusa, 1990
OD : Futao 5:13, pl.2, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀).
TL : Nan, N.Thailand.
Distribution : N. Thailand (Nan), Laos.
● ssp.albopunctata
ssp.borealis
Lexias albopunctata borealis map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.Mar.1989. Nan. N.Thailand. (in coll. H.Hanafusa)
Paratypes : 4♂ 5♀, same locality as holotype.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lexias cyanipardus borealis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 84, pl.62, figs.160c♂,♀. (Nan)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 462, pl.205, figs.N170b♂,♀. (Doi Phu Kha)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 474, pl.211, figs.N337b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Phu Kha)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 116, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nan dist; Doi Phu Kha)

[ LAOS ]
Lexias albopunctata ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 61, pl.73, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.70, figs.♂,♂,♀. (Vang Vieng; Xaignabouri)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Namdhua)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Onodera,2009b : 43. (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ; Onodera,2022 : 47, pl.137, figs.♂,♂(Un), pl.138, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si; Khammouan: Nahin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 10♂ 10♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xaignabouri : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 430 - 1300m). Both sexes frequently comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground and to tree flowers, and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Hanafusa, H.,1990 : Four New Subspecies of Nymphalid Butterflies from Indonesia and Thailand.
Futao 5:12-13, pl.2, figs.1-13.


Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂ with Thauria lathy, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

2007.03.31 - 2024.05.31.

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