Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa

Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa Felder & Felder, 1860


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ON : Doleschallia pratipa Felder & Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):399.
TL : Malay Pen.

Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra.

	● ssp.siamensis
	● ssp.pratipa

Synonyms

Doleschallia bisaltide mariae Fruhstorfer, 1903 : Deut. ent. Z. [Iris] 16(1):35. TL. Solok, S.W.Sumatra.
Doleschallia bisaltide merguiana Evans, 1924 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(1):83. TL. Mergui.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 36, pl.18, figs.44b♂,♀. (Trang)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 376, pl.162, figs.N46b♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,[♂](Un,form 1),[♀](Un, form 2). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (in part) (accessed: 2021.09.18)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 506, pl.226, figs.N394b♂,♀(Malaysia),♀(Malaysia,Un). (Ranong)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 62, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.) (in part)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 98, figs.Abb.N-599-606. (Phang Nga)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♀ (photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ 3♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yala : 1♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by S.Atdhabhan).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is common in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 400m) and is frequently found on forest paths and forest edges. Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1903 : Neue Nymphaliden aus Ostasien.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16(1):22-42.

Evans, W.H.,1924 : The identification of Indian Butterflies (5-8)
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(1):72-96, pl.21-24 ; (2):322-351, pl.26-27 ; (3):610-639, pl.28 ; (4):726-776, pl.29.

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls.


♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

2008.02.29 - 2023.09.30.