♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Satun, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851 OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):405. TL : Penang, [W.Malaysia]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}. ● ssp.chelensis ● ssp.penanga

Melanitis mehida Hewitson, 1863 : Ill. exot. Butts. 3(46): [101], pl.[51], figs.2,♂, 3,♂(Un). TL. Singapore. (NHML)
Elymnias abrisa Distant, 1886 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)17(102):531. TL. Province Wellesley, [W.Malaysia].
Elymnias penanga ♀f. johnsoni Talbot, 1929 : Bull. Hill Mus. 3(1):80. TL. Penang, [W.Malaysia]. (NHML)
Elymnias penanga ♀f. hislopi Eliot, 1967 : Entomologist 100(1):3-4. TL. Langkawi Is, "Malaya" [W.Malaysia].

penanga ; ♀, Type (red), Rh5075, Penang. (NHML, examined)
mehida ; ♂, Type (red), Rh5074, Singapore. (NHML, examined)
johnsoni ; ♀, Type HT (red), Penang. (NHML, examined)

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Elymnias penanga chelensis ; Godfrey,1930 : 257. (Terutao [Koh Tarutao])
Elymnias penanga penanga ; Pinratana,1988 : 10, pl.8, figs.12b♂,♀. (Trang; Yala) (in part)
Elymnias penanga penanga ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 236, pl.90, figs.S13b♂,♀(f. penanga). (in part) (Than To)
Elymnias penanga penanga ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 236, pl.90, figs.N49b♂,♀(f. penanga). (in part) (Than To)
Elymnias penanga penanga ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 166, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong; Than To WF.) (in part)

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).

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The butterfly is rather localized and uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 600m). In flight, male is similar to Euploea species (Danainae).
Wei et al. (2017:123) showed the distribution of ssp.penanga as the southernmost part of P. Thailand (Yala and Narathiwat) and W. Malaysia in Fig. 39, but this is incorrect and it is distributed south of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : In Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Hewitson, W.C.,1852-1877 : Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
5 vols. John Van Voorst, London.

Distant, W.L.,1886 : Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. Part V.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)17:530-532.

Talbot, G.,1929 : New forms of Malayan Butterflies.
Bull. Hill Mus. 3(1):78-80, pl.2.

Eliot, J.N.,1967 : Revisional Notes on oriental Butterflies, with special Reference to Malaya (Pt 1-4).
Entomologist 100(1244):3-7,(2 figs) ; (1246):66-72,(5 figs) ; (1248):137-141 ; (1249):146-156, (23figs).

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.

♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)	♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

1998.12.10 - 2022.06.30.