Dodona dracon dracon  Nicéville, 1897

Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Un. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb)
Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Un. Dodona dracon dracon ♀ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♀ Un.
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Un. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Up. Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♂ genitalia Dodona dracon dracon ♂ genitalia Dodona dracon dracon ♂ genitalia Dodona dracon dracon ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Lampang, Thailand.

ON : Dodona dracon Nicéville, 1897
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2)66(3):555-556, pl.2, fig.14,♂.
TL : Kangmong in Hsenwi, North Shan States, Upper Burma.
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Dodona dracon dracon map

Type Material Information

Type ♂, 9.Mar.1895. Kangmong, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 293, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; Godfrey,1932b : 326. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angka)
Dodona dipoea dipoea ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 78. (Chiang Mai: Doi Angkah)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Pinratana,1988 : 41, pl.37, figs.7,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 508, pl.228, figs.R7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 520, pl.233, figs.L7,♂,♂(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 18, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khun Lao Village; Maetro)
Dodona dracon ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.18)

[ LAOS ]
Dodona dipoea ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.103, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Nam Tha; Xam Neua)
Dodona dipoea dracon ; Onodera,2009b : 37,38. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen; Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.11, figs.Ri-8,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Pan)
Dodona dracon ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5B♂,5C♂(Un),5D♀,5E♀(Un). (Houa Phan; Luang Nam Tha)
Dodona dracon dracon ; Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai; Houaphan: Phou Pan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Dodona dracon ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lao Cai; Hoang Lien)
Dodona dracon ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.5J♂,5K♂(Un). (Yen Bai)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 8♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 10♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Oudomxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Houaphan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodeara).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Xaignabouri : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 800 - 1500m). Males are territorial on shrubs and come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. This species seems to be allopatric with Dodona dipoea and Dodona egeon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Nicéville, L.de,1897 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2, 66(3):543-577, pl.1-4.

Nakamura, N.,2019 : Notes on several species of genus Dodona Hewitson, 1861 occurring in Indochina (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of D.phuongi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 stat.n.
Butterflies 81:22-47.


Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Dodona dracon dracon ♀
♂, Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Lampang, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Dodona dracon dracon ♂
♂, Lampang, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♂ Dodona dracon dracon ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Lampang, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♀ Dodona dracon dracon ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dodona dracon dracon ♂
♂, Lampang, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2024.01.31.

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