Nymphalis canace perakana (Distant, 1886)

Nymphalis canace perakana ♀ Up. Nymphalis canace perakana ♀ Un.
♀, 2014.08.01. Yala, Thailand.

ON : Vanessa perakana Distant, 1886
OD : Rhop. malayana: 430–431, pl.40, fig.1.
TL : "Perak" [Perak, W.Malaysia].
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), W.Malaysia.
● ssp.canace
ssp.perakana
Nymphalis canace perakana map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Kaniska canace perakana: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 366, pl.157, fig.N30b♂(Malaysia) [photo from Eliot,1992].'
'Kaniska canace perakana: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 498, pl.221, fig.N378b♂(Malaysia) [photo from Eliot,1992].'
'Kaniska canace perakana: Kimura et al.,2016 : 56. (by literature)'
Kaniska canace perakana: Saito & Inayoshi,2022b : 25, figs.15,♀,15v♀(Un). (Yala: Betong Dist.)
Nymphalis canace perakana: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2024– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Yala) (accessed: 2024.06.27)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 2♀ (incl.photo by S.Atdhabhan).
Betong Dist., 2014.08.01. 1♀, P.Sukkit (YI)
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Notes

The specimen shown above is the first reliable record from Thailand. The butterfly is rare in forests at moderate elevations.


Literature

Distant, W.L, 1886. Rhopalocera Malayana : a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Author, care of West, Newman & Co., London, part XII: 405–481. pls. 37–44.

Zhang, J, Cong, Q, Shen, J, Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names.
Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1–41.


Nymphalis canace perakana ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2008.02.29 - 2024.06.30.

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