Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Up. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Un. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♀ Up. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♀ Un.
♂, Sekong, Laos. ♀, Sekong, Laos.
Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Up. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Un. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Up. Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), 1980.03.20. Chiang Rai, Thailand. ♂ (dsf), Chiang Rai, Thailand.

ON : Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus, 1758
OD : Syst. nat. (ed.10) 1:477.
TL : 'Asia' [Canton, China].
Distribution : Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan.
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum map

Synonyms

Papilio angelica Stoll, 1782 : in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4(33):204, pl.388, figs.G,H(Un). TL. China.
Vanessa pryeri Janson, 1878 : Cistula Entomologica. 2(19):269-271, pl.5, fig.2. TL. Yokohama, Japan.
* Polygonia atra Naito, 1930 : Zephyrus 2:204. TL. Japan.
* Polygonis c-aureum coreana Bryk, 1946 : Ark. Zool. 38A(3):40. TL. Korea.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 30, pl.12, fig.29,♂. (Chiang Rai)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 366, pl.157, figs.N27,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Saen: Sob Ruak)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 496, pl.221 figs.N375,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Saen: Sob Ruak)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 56. (by literature)

[ LAOS ]
Polygonia c-aureum ; Vitalis,1919 : 228. (Laos)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 56, pl.52, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Luang Prabang)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.50, fig.♂. (Muang Khoua)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.

[ VIETNAM ]
Polygonia c-aureum ; Joannis,1901 : 321-322. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Fruhstorfer,1912 : 528. (Tonkin)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Vitalis,1919 : 228. (Tonkin)
Polygonia c-aureum f.c-aureum ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 37. (Annam: Keng-Trap / Tonkin: Chapa)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Lemée,1950 : 12. (Langson)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Metaye,1957 : 94. (N / C)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Luong et al.,2004 : 6, 59, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Polygonia c-aureum ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 32. (N: Lao Cai ; Ha Giang ; Bac Can ; Ninh Binh)
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):108-109, pl.26, figs.3a♂,3b♀,3c♀(Un). (N: Lang Son; Hoang Lien; Ba Be; Cuc Phuong / C: Pu Mat)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
Chiang Saen dist., 1980.03.20. 1♂, P.Sukkit (YI)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 3♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is rather localized and is found in grasslands at low to moderate elevations.
Zhang et al.,2020 treated Polygonia as a subgenera of Nymphalis.


Literature

Linnaeus, C.,1758 : Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis.
Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. (Edition 10). 1(Animalia):[iv]+824pp.

Stoll, C.,1780-1782 :
In Cramer, De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique.
Amsteldam, S.J.Baalde; Barthelemy Wild and J. Van Schoonhoven & Comp.
4(26/28):29-90, pls.305-336 (1780), (29/31):91-164, pls.337-372 (1781), (32/34):165-252, pls.373-400 (1782)

Janson, O.E.,1877 : Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera, with descriptions of new species.
Cistula Entomologica. 2(16):153-160.

Corbet, A.S.,1949 : The Linnaean Names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Part 7. Summary of Determinations.
Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond (B)18(9-10):191-199.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V.,2020 : Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names
The Taxonomic Report of the international lepidoptera survey 8(7):1-41.


Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂
♀ (dsf), Chiang Rai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici
Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂ Nymphalis c-aureum c-aureum ♂
♀, Sekong, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit)

2008.02.29 - 2022.12.26.

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