♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Phrae, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♀, Uttaradit, Thailand.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂, Dong Nai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Charaxes delphis Doubleday, 1843 OD : Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. (2)1(3): 217, pl.7. TL : "Silhet" [Sylhet, Bangladesh]. (NHML) Distribution : India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.delphis ● ssp.concha

Lectotype ♂, Rh10452. "Silhet" [Sylhet], Bangladesh. designated by R.L. Smiles,1978. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Eriboea delphis delphis: Fruhstorfer,1914 : 723. (Bangkok)
Eulepis delphis: Godfrey,1916 : 133. (Petchaburi River; Prae: Me Song forest)
Eriboea delphis delphis: Godfrey,1930 : 302. (Prae: Me Song forest; Muak Lek; Petchaburi River)
Polyura delphis delphis: Pinratana,1979 : 102, figs.N174a♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Chanthaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Phitsanulok)
Polyura delphis delphis: Smiles,1984 : 190. ([Me Sai Song]; [Muok-Lek]; [Khao Sabab]; [Hot Spring]; Hin Lap)
Polyura delphis delphis: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 100, pl.79, figs.195a♂,♂(Un). (Chaiyaphum; Phisanulok; Nakhon Nayok; Chonburi; Chanthaburi)
Polyura delphis delphis: Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 50, fig.126,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Polyura delphis delphis: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 494, pl.221, figs.N208a♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Polyura delphis delphis: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 354, pl.150, figs.N184a♂,♂(Un). (Mae Rim; Khao Soi Dao)
Polyura delphis delphis: Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Polyura delphis delphis: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Kanchanaburi; Uttaradit; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Trat) (accessed: 2023.05.04)
Polyura delphis delphis: Kimura et al.,2016 : 136, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Thung Saleng Luang; Phu Khiewo; Kao Yai; Nakhon Nayok; Kao Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao)

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Eriboea delphis f. delphis: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 47. (Luang-Prabang)
Polyura delphis delphis: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, not fig. (list only)
Polyura delphis delphis: Osada et al.,1999 : 208, pl.79, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaignabouri; Thabok)
Polyura delphis delphis: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Polyura delphis delphis: Onodera,2022 : 50, pl.148, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Tad Leuk)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Polyura delphis delphis: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 116, fig.2A. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Polyura delphis delphis: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 34, fig.N-113,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Madagui)
Polyura delphis delphis: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (C: Lam Dong; S)
Polyura delphis delphis: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):90, pl.14, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (C: Bai Ai; Bu Gia Map; S: Cat Tien)

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Mae Hong Son : 3♂.

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Chiang Mai : 11♂ (incl. photo).

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Nan : 3♂ (incl. photo).

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Uttaradit : 2♀ (photo by T.Laola).

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Phetchabun : 5♂ (incl. photo).

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Chaiyaphum : 1♂ (photo).

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Tak : 1♂.

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Kanchanaburi : 1♂ (photo).

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Chonburi : 1♂.

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Chanthaburi : 2♂.

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Trat : 1♂ (photo by E.Ikari).

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Bolikhamxai ; 1♂.

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Khammouan : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (30–900 m a.s.l.). Males are occasionally territorial on trees at hilltops and are frequently observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.

Doubleday, E, 1843. Description de deux Nouvelles espèces de Charaxes des Indes orientales, de la collection de M. Henri Doubleday.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2)1(3): 217–220, pls. 7,8.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 721–744. (9.Mar.1914)

Smiles, R.L, 1982. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 44(3): 115–237.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2024.01.31.