Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa  Felder & Felder, 1860

Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♂ Up. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♂ Un. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Up. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♂ Up. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♂ Un. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Up. Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Un.
♂, 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
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa map

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♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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


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.


Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀
♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀ Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa ♀
♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

2008.02.29 - 2023.09.30.

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