Enispe duranius intermedia Rothschild, 1916

Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi Dist.), Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai (Chom Thong Dist.), Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Up. Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ genitalia Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ genitalia Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ genitalia Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Tak, Thailand. ♀ genitalia, Chiang Mai (Chom Thong Dist.) Thailand.

ON : Enispe euthymius intermedia Rothschild, 1916
OD : Novit. zool. 23: 315.
TL : 'Burma [Myanmar] to the Malay Peninsula and Siam [Thailand]'.
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
● ssp.intermedia
ssp.corbeti
? unclear (E. duranius or E. euthymius)
Enispe duranius intermedia map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Enispe intermedia intermedia ; Pinratana,1983 : 60, 64, pl.48, fig.29,♂. (Kanchanaburi; 'Chaiyaphum') (partim)
Enispe duranius intermedia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 155, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Musso) (partim)

[ LAOS ]
Enispe duranius intermedia ; Nakamura,2021 : 9,13, figs.22,♂,22v♂(Un),22a(♂,genitalia). (Bolikhamxai: Nahin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 6♂ (genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai (Omkoi Dist.; Chom Thong Dist.) : 3♂ 1♀ (genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ (genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂ 1♀ (1♂ 1♀ genitalia dissected, 2♂ examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 2♂ 1♀ (2♂ genitalia examined).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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[ Enispe sp. ]
Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The distribution map of duranius and euthymius
Enispe duranius-euthymius distribution


The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600–1,400 m).
According to Brooks (1949: 258) and Nakamura (2021: 9), it occurs sympatrically with Enispe euthymius in parts of Myanmar and Laos. Previously, only this species was recorded in Mae Hong Son Province; however, in 2026, E. euthymius was also confirmed to occur in the province. The distributional ranges of these two species are therefore thought to overlap between Mae Hong Son and the area west of Chiang Mai city.
This species is distinguishable from E. euthymius solely by examination of the genitalia. Consequently, records unsupported by genitalic dissection cannot be reliably utilized. Although several records exist from Chaiyaphum and Phetchabun provinces in north-central Thailand, the lack of genitalic examination leaves their specific identity uncertain; they could represent either this species or E. euthymius. Therefore, further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Differences in the genitalia of euthymius and duranius
Enispe euthymius sychaeus ♂ genitalia Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ genitalia Enispe euthymius sychaeus ♀ genitalia Enispe duranius intermedia ♀ genitalia
♂, Enispe euthymius
(Lampang)
♂, Enispe duranius
(Tak)
♀, Enispe euthymius
(Chiang Mai: Fang)
♀, Enispe duranius
(Chiang Mai: Chom Thong)


Literature

Rothschild, L.,1916 : Notes on Amathusiidae, Brassolidae, Morphidae, etc., with Descriptions of New Forms.
Novit. zool. 23: 299-318.

Brooks, C.J.,1949 : New subspecies in the Genera Faunis, Aemona, Stichophthalma, and Enispe, with Revisional Notes (Lep. Amathusiidae).
Entomologist 85: 256-259.

Aoki, T., Yamaguchi, S., Uemura, Y. & Saitoh, T.,2002 :
Additional Notes on the Amathusiid Butterflies after Publication of "Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands Part 3 Satyridae, Libytheidae".
Yadoriga 194: 49-60, 66 figs. (in Japanese)

Nakamura, N.,2021 : Notes on the butterflies of Laos (XII):
New findings on Amathusiini (Morphinae: Nymphalidae) including description of a new subspecies of Faunis excelsa (Fruhstorfer, 1901).
Butterflies 85: 4-14.


Enispe duranius intermedia ♂ Enispe duranius intermedia ♀
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. ♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

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Enispe sp. ♂
Enispe sp. ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2007.10.10 - 2026.06.30.

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