Pareronia avatar

Pareronia avatar (Moore, [1858])


♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Xam Neua, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

♂ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.

ON : Eronia avatar Moore, [1858]
OD : in: Horsfield & Moore,Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1: 61, pl.2a, fig.1,♂.
TL : 'N.India; Darjeeling [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]' (NHML)

Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos.

Synonym

Pareronia avatar f. temp. tarina Fruhstorfer, 1903 : Berl. ent. Z. 48(1/2):101. TL. 'Sikkim; Lower Burma [Myanmar]'. (NHML) (IFS)

Type Materials Information

avatar ; ♂, Type (red), N.India. (NHML, examined)
tarina ; ♂, Type (red), Mar.-Apr. Sikkim. Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pareronia avatar ; Nishimura,1996 : 272, figs.17(map),19,22-24(♂genitalia). (Nan: Doi Phu Kha)
Pareronia avatar ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 162, pl.53, figs.Pi41,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Pareronia avatar ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 152.
Pareronia avatar ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 162, pl.53, figs.Pi41,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Pareronia avatar ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2017- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Nan) (accessed: 2022.10.15)

[ LAOS ]
Pareronia avatar ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.3,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Pareronia avatar ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, pl.39, figs.♂,♀. (Xam Neua)
Pareronia avatar ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Pareronia avatar ; Onodera,2022 : 19, pl.73, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Tha)

[ VIETNAM ]
'Pareronia avatar ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 17. (N / C)'
'Pareronia avatar ; Monastyrskii,2024 : 102. (by literature)'

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 1♀.

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

Nan : 10♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♀.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 1800m). Males form flight paths and fly along them without stopping. Both sexes visit flowers. The females mimic Parantica aglea (Danainae).
There are no official records from Vietnam yet. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1903 : Neue Pieriden und Uebersicht verwandter Formen.
Berl. ent. Z. 48(1/2): 97-111. (May.1903)

Nishimura, M.,1996 : Notes on Pareronia avatar and P.paravatar (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), with a description of a new species from Sumatra.
Tyô to Ga 47(4): 269-277.

Kaur, M., Kirti, J.S. & Sidhu, A.K.,2023 : Taxonomic revision of Genus Pareronia Bingham, 1907 (Papilionoidea: Pieridae) from India with new stateus for two taxa.
J. Entomol. Res. Soc. 25(1): 11-22.

Smetacek, P., Cotton, A.M. & Inayoshi, Y.,2023 : Notes on Indian species of Pareronia Bingham, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Bionotes 25(3): 10-18.


♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.

♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.

♀ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.

1996.10.31 - 2025.05.31.