Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis  Talbot, 1932

Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♀ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♀ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Un.
♂, Sekong, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Siam Reap, Cambodia. (photo by K.Saito)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Un. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Up. Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Un.
♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

ON : Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis Talbot, 1932
OD : Bull. Hill Mus. 4:167.
TL : Annam.
Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, C. & S.Vietnam.
● ssp.amythaon
intermediate between amythaon and annamensis
ssp.annamensis
ssp.dilucida
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Pinratana,1983 : 53. (Chiayaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (in part)
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 326. pl.137, figs.A17a♂,♀,♀(Un). ('Chiang Mai' [loc.err.])
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 328, pl.137, figs.N164a♂,♀,♀(Un). ('Chiang Mai' [loc.err.])
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 328, pl.137, figs.N164c♂. (Khao Soi Dao)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9, 19, photo.23,♂. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Chaiyaphum; Sa Kaeo) (accessed: 2024.05.06)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 146, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khao Yai; Nakohn Nayok; Khao Soi Dao)

[ LAOS ]
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 66, pl.93, figs.1&,#9792;,2,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 212, pl.100, figs.♂,♀. (Thabok)
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Uémura,2005 : 4, fig.23,map.
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 44. (Thabeng)
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 49.
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Onodera,2022 : 66, pl.197, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Kosterin,2020 : 329. (Siem Reap)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 116. (Pursat; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Amathuxidia amythaon f. amythaon ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 33. (Annam: Keng-Trap)
Amathuxidia amythaon f. dilucida ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 33. (Cochinchine: Tayninh)
Amathuxidia amythaon amythaon ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (C)
Amathuxidia amythaon dilucida ; Metaye,1957 : 100. (S)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 34, figs.S-45,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 107-108, pl.25, figs.a♂,b♂(Un),c♀. (C: Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Dien; Son Thanh; Chu Yang Sin; Cat Loc; Da Teh / S: Nam Cat Tien; Tan Phu)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 29. (C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchabun : 2♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 2♂ (photo and photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Nayok : 3♂ 1♀ (photo by M.Hayashi & T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ CAMBODIA ]
Siam Reap : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane dense forests mixed with bamboo at moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1100m) and often comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground. They prefer in the dark jungle and suddenly fly out from below. Flight is fast and quickly fly away into the bush.
Examples from Central Thailand (Phetchabun and Chaiyaphum) are very interesting, both the shape of the wings and blue band on the UpF seem to be intermediate between the nominotypical subspecies and ssp.annamensis. And the hairtuft at the base of space 1a is small and inconspicuous as in ssp.annamensis. Okamoto et. al.,2013 also noted that two subspecies are found sympatric in Western Thailand.
The genitalia of ssp.amythaon, ssp.dilucida, ssp.annamensis and these populations are similar and could not find obvious difference between them. However further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Talbot, G.,1932 : New forms of lepidoptera from the oriental region.
Bull. Hill. Mus. 4:155-169.


Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♀
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♀, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂
♂, Sa Kaeo, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♀
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂ Amathuxidia amythaon annamensis ♂
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand. (photo by M.Hayashi) ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

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