Appias lalassis lalassis  Grose-Smith, 1887

Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Up. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Un. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Up. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Up. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Un. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Up. Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:265-266.
TL : Burmah, near the Siamese frontier. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
Yunnan.
● ssp.lalassis
ssp.indroides
Appias lalassis lalassis map

Type Materials Information

lalassis ; ♂, Type HT (red), Burma. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type N.AT (red), 17.1.21. Dawnas. (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Appias lalassis ; Godfrey,1930 : 226-227. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Rai: Phar Mieng)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Pinratana,1983 : 20, pl.16, fig.35a♂. (Chiang Mai)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 65, fig.52,♂. (Umphang: Tha Sai)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 156, pl.50, figs.Pi37a♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 160, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 156, pl.50, figs.Pi37,♂,♂(Un) ; pl.51, figs.Pi37,♂,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Appias lalasis lalasis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Kamphaeng Phet) (accessed: 2022.09.22)

[ LAOS ]
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 50, pl.23, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng; Phatong)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, pl.35, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nam Tha; Vang Vieng)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 42.
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Onodera,2022 : 17, pl.66, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaisomboun: Nam Phang)

[ VIETNAM ]
Appias lalassis ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 39. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi)
Appias lalassis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 11, figs.Pi-17,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Appias lalassis lalassis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 17. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 15♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 8♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sekong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 430 - 1500m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Honrath, E.G.,1889 : Neue Rhopalocera. IX.
Berl. ent. Z. 33(2):403-404, 1 fig.


Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Appias lalassis lalassis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Appias lalassis lalassis ♂ Appias lalassis lalassis ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Appias lalassis lalassis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1996.10.31 - 2022.09.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.