Hestina persimilis persimilis (Westwood, 1850)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♀ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♀ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Up. Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Diadema persimilis Westwood, 1850
OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):281.
TL : Northern India. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar,
Thailand. [Cambodia]
● ssp.persimilis
● ssp.
Hestina persimilis persimilis map
Synonyms
(--- The taxon marked with an asterisk is cited from other literature and I have not been able to confirm the original description.)

Hestina zella Butler, 1869 : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(1):9-10, text-fig. TL. 'Oriente (regione speciali incognitâ)'.
∗ "Hestina aporina Röber, 1927 : Int. Ent. Zeit. 20:421, fig.2,♀. TL. Sikkim." (Cited from Masui & Inomata,1997)
Type Material Information

persimilis : Syntype ♂, Rh.8993. N. India. designated by P.Ackery,1996. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Diagora persimilis persimilis ; Pinratana,1979 : 95, fig.N163,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 92, pl.69, fig.176,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 474, pl.211, fig.N189,♂. ('Doi Pha Hom Pok')
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 494, pl.220, figs.N373,♂,♂(Un). ('Doi Pha Hom Pok')
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Hestina persimilis persimilis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 129, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Diagora persimilis f. persimilis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 45. (Cambodge)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 7♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 11♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 400 - 1100m). Males often come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
The records from Doi Pha Hom Pok in Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) are doubtful. Further distributional research is needed.

Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : In Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Butler, A.G.,1869 : Description of a New Species of Hestina, which mimics a Danais.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(1):9-10.

Masui, A. & Inomata, T.,1997 : Apaturinae of the World (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) 8
Yadoriga 170:7-23. (in Japanese)

Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂ Hestina persimilis persimilis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2007.09.20 - 2024.08.31.
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