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, [W.Malaysia]; Singapore; Penang, [W.Malaysia]'. (NHML)

Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Nakhon Si Thammarat), 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; Loc: 'S.O.Borneo; N.-Borneo'. (NHML) (IFS)
Elymnias panthera alfredi ♀forma alfredi Fruhstorfer, 1907 ; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3): 220–221; Loc: 'S.O.Borneo; N.-Borneo'. (NHML) (IFS)
Elymnias panthera labuana ♀form defasciata Fruhstorfer, 1911 ; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 372; Loc: 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 : Sophonviwatkul et al.,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 uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (30–700 m a.s.l.).
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.
Annals and Magazine of natural History, (3)20: 399–405, 2 pls.

Staudinger, O, 1889. Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 2(1): 3–180, pls. 1–2.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1904. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren-Fauna der Insel Engano.
Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 49(1/2): 170–206, pls. 1–2. (Aug.1904)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1907. Monographie der Elymniinae.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 20(1/2): pl.5 ; (3): 157–252, pl.7 ; (4): pl.8.(1908)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 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.

Inayoshi, Y, 2026. Note on the type locality of Elymnias panthera (Fabricius, 1787) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Indochina Entomologist, 2(68): 707–711. https://doi.org/10.70590/ice.2026.02.68


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

1998.12.09 - 2026.10.31.