Dilipa morgiana

Dilipa morgiana (Westwood, 1850)


♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Hagiang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Apatura morgiana Westwood, 1850
OD : In: Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 305.
TL : 'Southern India' [recte N.India]. (NHML)

Distribution : N.Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, SE Tibet, Yunnan, Laos, N.Vietnam.

Type Material Information

Syntype ♀, Rh.9068. N.India. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Dilipa morgiana ; Miyata & Hanafusa,1994 : 1, pl.4, fig.7,♂. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)'
'Dilipa morgiana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 466, pl.207, figs.N174,♂(Myanmar),♂(Un,Myanmar). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok' [loc.err.])'
'Dilipa morgiana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 486, pl.216, figs.N358,♂(Myanmar),♂(Un,Myanmar). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok' [loc.err.])'
'Dilipa morgiana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 123. (by literature)'
'Dilipa morgiana ; Masui,2025 : 216. (N.Thailand)'

[ LAOS ]
Dilipa morgiana f. morgiana ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 45. (Muong-Sen, Piahat)
Dilipa morgiana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.73, fig.♂. (Nong Het)
Dilipa morgiana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.

[ VIETNAM ]
Dilipa morgiana ; Fruhstorfer,1913 : 701. (Tonkin: Black River)
Dilipa morgiana f. morgiana ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 45. (Annam)
Dilipa morgiana ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (N / C)
Dilipa morgiana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (N)
Dilipa morgiana ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):66, pl.6, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀,3d♀(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Ha Giang: Dong Van)
Dilipa morgiana ; Masui,2025 : 216, pl.35, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (N.Vietnam)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.

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

Hagiang : 1♀.

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

Notes

The figured specimen in Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) is from NE Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar and the locality of 'Doi Pha Hom Pok' is incorrect. The record in Thailand has been known only one male at 'Phu Phing palace, Doi Suthep' from insect dealer by Miyata & Hanafusa (1994) until now. I suspect it must be an incorrect date.

Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850 : In: Doubleday, E., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus.
2(37): 303-314, pl. 53 ([5].Nov.1850), London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Miyata, T. & Hanafusa, H.,1994 : Newly recorded butterflies from North Thailand (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Futao 17: 1-2, pl.4.

2007.09.20 - 2025.12.31.