Prothoe franck uniformis  Butler, 1885

Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Un. Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Narathiwat, Thailand.
Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Un. Prothoe franck uniformis ♀ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Un. Prothoe franck uniformis ♀ Up. Prothoe franck uniformis ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Prothoe uniformis Butler, 1885
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:53-54.
TL : Malacca. (NHML)
Distribution : W. to P.Thailand, W.Malaysia,
Sumatra.
● ssp.vilma
ssp.uniformis
ssp.angelica
ssp.nausikaa
Prothoe franck uniformis map

Synonym

Prothoe franckii [sic] irma Fruhstorfer, [1914] : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:714. TL. W.Sumatra.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Pendlebury,1923 : 41. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram ; Khao Luang)
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Godfrey,1930 : 300. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Surat Thani: Khao Poata) (in part)
Prothoe franckii [sic] angelica ; Godfrey,1932a : 270. (P)
Prothoe francki [sic] uniformis ; Pinratana,1979 : 96, figs.N164a♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 102, pl.80, fig.197b♂. (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 496, pl.222, figs.N210b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 352, pl.149, figs.N182c♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
'Prothoe franck vilma ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)'
Prothoe franck uniformis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2021.07.01)
Prothoe franck angelica ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 137, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ban Lin Thin)
Prothoe franck uniformis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 137, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Khlong Naka; Kam Phuan; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak (Mae Chan dist.) : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo by T.Aoyama)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 2♂ (photo by T.Aoyama)
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 5♂ 5♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ (incl. photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Narathiwat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt.50m - 800m).
Some specimens of Phetchaburi to Ranong have distinct white band on the UpF. It seems to be a transition to ssp.angelica.
Examples from Kanchanaburi and Tak (Mae Chan dist.) seem to be ssp.uniformis, however these are from only under side of nature photos. Ssp.angelica and ssp.uniforms seem to be distributed separately in the north-east and south-west mountain range in Umphang. Further taxonomic study and distributional research are needed.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,1885 : On the Blue-belted species of the butterfly-genus Prothoe.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)16:52-54.

Fruhstorfer, H.,[1914] : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
713-720. (19.May.1914)


Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Prothoe franck uniformis ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)
Prothoe franck uniformis ♂ Prothoe franck uniformis ♂
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♂, Tak (Mae Chan dist.), Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2006.12.09 - 2021.07.31.

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