♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Diadema nama Doubleday, 1845 OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1)16:232-233. TL : Sylhet. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China. ● ssp.nama ● ssp.ruvanella

Hestina nama ab.melanina Oberthür, 1896 : Etud. ent. 20:30, pl.10, fig.177,♂. TL. Tumlong, Sikkim.

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Hestina nama nama : Fruhstorfer,1906 : 349. (Siam)
Hestina nama ; Godfrey,1916 : 132. (by Bingham, Faun. Br. Ind., Butts. 1:239)
Hestina nama ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Hestina nama nama ; Godfrey,1930 : 298. (Chiang Rai; Chiang Mai)
Hestina nama nama ; Pinratana,1979 : 91, figs.N158, ♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Hestina nama nama ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 92, pl.69, fig.175,♂. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Hestina nama nama ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 474, pl.211, figs.N188,♂,♂. (Doi Pui)
Hestina nama nama ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 497, pl.220, figs.N372,♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pui)
Hestinalis nama nama ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2021.09.26)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 128, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao; Phu Khiewo)

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Hestinalis nama nama ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, pl.75, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Phatong; Nam Moh)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.76, figs.♂,♀. (Phong Saly)

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Hestina nama nama : Fruhstorfer,1906 : 348. (Tonkin: Than Moi; Chiem Hoa)
Hestina nama nama ; Fruhstorfer,1913 : 704. (Tonkin)
Hestina nama ; Lemee,1950 : 16. (Hagiang)
Hestina nama nama; Metaye,1957 : 98. (N / C)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 37, figs.7:17,♂,18,♂,19,♂(Un), fig.9:44(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Hestina nama nama ; Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 70, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Hestinalis nama nama ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (N / C: to Gia Lai)
Hestinalis nama melanoides ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):72-73, pl.7, figs.2a♂,2b♂,2c♂. (N: Muong Nhe; Hoang Lien; Na Hang; Ba Be; Dong Phuc C; Tam Dao; Ba Vi; Cuc Phuong / C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Bu Houng; Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh; Kon Plong; Kon Ka Kinh; Kon Cha Rang; Ninh Thuan; Chu Yang Sin)

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Mae Hong Son : 4♂.

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Chiang Mai : 9♂ 5♀ (incl.photo).

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Lampang : 1♂ (photo).

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Nan : 7♂ 2♀.

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Uttaradit : 1♂ (photo).

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Xiang Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Oudomxai : 2♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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Phong Saly : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forest at low to high elevations (Alt. 450m - 1600m). Males are territorial on trees.
It mimics Parantica sita and Parantica melaneus (Danainae) and looks very similar to these in flight.

Doubleday, E.,1845 : Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1)16:176-182, 232-236, 304-307.

Oberthür, C.,1896 : De la variation chez les lepidopteres.
Etud. ent. 20:xx + 74 pp, 24 cpls.

Masui, A.,2017 : Revision of the genus Hestinali based on the wing markings and male genitalia (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae)
Butterflies 75:10-20. (in Japanese)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.09.20 - 2021.10.31.