Elymnias panthera lutescens

Elymnias panthera lutescens Butler, 1867


♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Trang, Thailand.

♂, Satun (Koh Tarutao), Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Elymnias lutescens Butler, 1867
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3)20:404, pl.9, fig.10.
TL : 'Borneo; Malacca; Singapore; Penang'. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo.

Synonyms

Elymnias panthera var. labuana Staudinger, 1889 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):39. TL. "Labuan" [Labuan Island, Borneo]. (ZMHB)
Elymnias panthera lacrima Fruhstorfer, 1904 : Berl. ent. Z. 49:188. TL. 'Inseln bei Nord-Borneo? Banka?' (NHML)
Elymnias panthera alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3):220-221. TL. Süd-Borneo ; Brunei in Nord-Borneo. (NHML)
Elymnias panthera alfredi ♀forma pantherina Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3):220-221. TL. S.O.Borneo; N.-Borneo. (NHML) (IFS)
Elymnias panthera alfredi ♀forma alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3):220-221. TL. S.O.Borneo; N.-Borneo. (NHML) (IFS)
Elymnias panthera labuana ♀form defasciata Fruhstorfer, 1911 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:372. TL. Kinabalu, Borneo. (NHML) (IFS)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Elymnias panthera panthera ; Pinratana,1988 : 9, pl.4, fig.6,♂. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Yala)
Elymnias panthera panthera ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.19 ; accessed: 2023.06.30)
Elymnias panthera panthera ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 230, pl.87, figs.S6,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Elymnias panthera panthera ; Uémura,2010 : 2.
Elymnias panthera panthera ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 228, pl.86, figs.N42,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Elymnias panthere panthera ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 163, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Luang; Than To WF.)
Elymnias panthera lutescens ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2020- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs, Early Stages. (Yala) (accessed: 2022.01.01)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Trang : 1♀.

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

Satun (Koh Tarutao ; Khuan Don dist.) : 2♂ (incl. photo by D. Sargeant).

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

Yala : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m).
I follow Wei et al. (2017) and treat the population of Borneo, Singapore, W.Malaysia to P.Thailand as ssp.lutescens provisionally, however I consider Malaysian population seems to be different from Borneo. The classification and relationship of these subspecies should be restudied in future.

Literature

Butler, A.G.,1867 : Descriptions of new or little-known species of Asiatic Lepidoptera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3)20:399-405, 2 pls.

Staudinger, O.,1889 : Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 2(1):3-180, pl.1-2.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1904 : Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren-Fauna der Insel Engano.
Berl. ent. Z. 49(1/2):170-206, pl.1-2. (Aug.1904)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Monographie der Elymniinae.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(1/2):pl.5 ; (3):157-252, pl.7 ; (4):pl.8.(1908)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
369-376. (13.Jun.1911)

Wei, C.H., Lohman, D., Peggie, D. & Yen, S.H.,2017 : An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner,1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Zookeys 676:47-152.


♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Yala, Thailand.

1998.12.09 - 2023.07.31.