Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa C. Felder & R. 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 C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
OD : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12): 399.
TL : paeninsula Malayica.
Distribution : S.Myanmar (Myeik), P.Thailand (south of Ranong), 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, SW-Sumatra.
Doleschallia bisaltide merguiana Evans, 1924; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30(1): 83; TL: "Mergui" [Myeik, Myeik Dist., Myanmar].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 36, pl.18, figs.44b♂,♀. (Trang)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.(Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.28 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 376, pl.162, figs.N46b♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong)
Doleschallia bisaltide f. pratipa: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀,[♂](Un,form 1),[♀](Un, form 2). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (partim) (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.) (partim)
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 forests at low to moderate elevations (30–550 m a.s.l.) and is frequently found on forest paths and forest edges. Both sexes visit flowers and males are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.


Literature

Felder, C. & Felder, R, 1860. Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 4(12): 394–402.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1903. Neue Nymphaliden aus Ostasien.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 16(1): 22–42. (Oct.1903)

Evans, W.H, 1924. The identification of Indian Butterflies.
Journal of the Bombay natural History Society, 30(1): 72–96, pls. 21–24.

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


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.

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