Polyura eudamippus giudicii Saito & Inayoshi, 2023

Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂ Up. Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂ Un. Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂ Up. Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂ Un.
♂, 2019.05.08. Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Holotype ♂, 2022.07.08. Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Paratype

ON : Polyura eudamippus giudicii Saito & Inayoshi, 2023
OD : Butterflies 93:34-35, figs.16(HT,♂), 16v(HT,♂Un), 17(PT,♂), 17v(PT,♂Un).
TL : Ron Phibun Dist., Nakhon Si Thammarat. (RIEB)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat).
● ssp.nigrobasalis
transition zone of jamblichus and nigrobasalis
ssp.jamblichus
ssp.celetis
ssp.giudicii
ssp.
Polyura eudamippus giudicii map


Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 8.May.2019. Ron Phibun Dist., Nakhon Si Thammarat. Y.Inayoshi leg. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes: same locality as holotype, 1♂, 8.Jul.2022. A.Giudici leg. (in coll. Y.Inayoshi, examined.) ; 1♂, 22.Jul.2022. A.Giudici leg. (in coll. Y.Inayoshi, examined.) (These paratypes will be preserved in NHML and THNHM)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura eudamippus giudicii ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2024- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat) (accessed: 2024.03.03)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nakhon Si Thammarat : 5♂ (Holotype and Paratypes; incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The holotype specimen shown above is the first record from Thailand.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 600 - 985m). Males are territorial on canopies at hilltops and rarely fly down. The female is unknown. Further research is needed.


Literature

Saito & Inayoshi,2023 : Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae from Thailand and Vietnam
Butterflies 93:31-50.


Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂ Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)
Polyura eudamippus giudicii ♂
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

2024.02.29 - 2024.03.31.

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