♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Helcyra hemina Hewitson, 1864 OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2(3):245, pl.15, fig.1. TL : India. (NHML) Distribution : N.India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan.

[ THAILAND ]
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Kimura,1994 : 20, figs.41♂,42♂(Un),43♀,44♀(Un). (Chaiyaphum: Phu Kiewo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 88, pl.64, figs.168,♂,♀. (Chaiyaphum)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 468, pl.208, figs.N181,♂. (Phu Khieo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 490, pl.217, figs.N365,♂. (Phu Khieo)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Phetchabun; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2024.05.08)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 125, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo)

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Helcyra hemina ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Laos)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Masui & Uehara,2001 : 7, figs.3,♂,♂(Un). (Boun Neua)
Helcyra hemina hemina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.

[ VIETNAM ]
Helcyra hemina ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Tonkin)

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂ (photo).

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Chiang Rai : 1♂.

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Chiang Mai : 2♂ 1♀.

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Lampang : 6♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 2♂.

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Chaiyaphum : 2♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).

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Dak Lak : 1♂.

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Lam Dong : Di Linh. 2016.04.05. 1♂ 1♀, LC (KS).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 1400m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops and occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Hewitson, W.C.,1864 : Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2(3):245-249, pls.15,16.

Masui, A.,2018 : Revition of the genus Helcyra (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae) with description of new subspecies of Helcyra chionippe from Buru and Yapen islands.
Butterflies 77:4-24.

♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.	♀, Lampang, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behavior), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.	♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

2007.09.20 - 2024.05.31.