♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Charaxes concha Vollenhoeven, 1861 OD : Tijdschr. Ent. 4:162-163, pl.10, figs.1, 3(Un). TL : 'Java; Ludeking, Padang, Sumatra' [Ludeking, Sumatra]. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Phetchaburi and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra. ● ssp.delphis ● ssp.concha

Eulepis delphis delphinion Fruhstorfer, 1904 : Soc. ent. 19:75. TL. Süd-Borneo.

concha :
Lectotype ♂, Ludeking, Sumatra. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (RNH)
'Paralectotype 2♂, Blume, Java. designated by R.L.Smiles,1978. (RNH)'
delphinion :
Holotype ♂, S.Borneo. designated by R.L.Smiles,1977. (NHML)
Paratype 1♂, N.Borneo. 1898. designated by R.L.Smiles,1977. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura delphis concha ; Pinratana,1979 : 102, figs.N174b♂,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Polyura delphis concha ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 100, pl.79, figs.195b♂,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Polyura delphis concha ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.07)
Polyura delphis concha ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 494, pl.221, figs.N208b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Polyura delphis concha ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 354, pl.150, figs.N184b♂,♂(Un). (Yala; Ranong)
Polyura delphis concha ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 136, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Polyura delphis concha ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2023.05.04)
Polyura delphis concha ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 16-17, figs.Abb.N-108-109. (Phang Nga)

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Ranong : 2♂.

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Trang : 1♂.

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Yala : 7♂ (incl. photo & photo by S.Atdhabhan).

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 560m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Tsukada (1991) treated the Javanese population as a distinct subspecies.

Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C.,1861 : Description de quelques especes nouvelles de Lepidopteres.
Tijdschr. Ent. 4:157-163, pls.8-10.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1904 : Neue Euploea aus dem malayischen Archipel.
Soc. ent. 19(10):73-76. (15.Aug.1904)

Smiles, R.L.,1982 : The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Bull. Brit. Mus. Ent. (Nat. Hist.) 44(3):115-237. London.

Tsukada, E.,1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V, Nymphalidae (II).
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576pp.(238 col. pls.). (in Japanese)

♂, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

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