ON : Eriboea eudamippus peninsularis Pendlebury, 1933 OD : J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 17:398. TL : Pahang, Malaysia. (♂, NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand, W.Malaysia. ● ssp.nigrobasalis ● transition zone of jamblichus and nigrobasalis ● ssp.jamblichus ● ssp.peninsularis ● ssp.celetis

Holotype ♂, 7.Mar.1924. Pahang. F.M.S. Lubok Tamang, 3500 ft. H.M.Pendlebury. designated by R.L.Smiles,1977. (NHML)
Paratypes 5♂, 25.Feb.1915. Batang Padang Jor Camp. Perak. designated by R.L.Smiles,1977. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Polyura eudamippus ssp. ; Hanafusa,1989 : 21, pl.8, fig.9,♂. (Trang: Khao Chong)
'Polyura eudamippus peninsularis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 490, pl.220, figs.N205c♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia). (Trang; 'Ranong' [loc.err.])'
'Polyura eudamippus peninsularis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 360, pl.154, figs.N190b♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia). ('Ranong' [loc.err.])'
Polyura eudamippus peninsularis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 135. (by literature)

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (alt.200m - 700m).
Ek-Amnuay,[2007],2012 recorded it from 'Ranong'. However it is incorrect and the figured specimen is from Malaysia. Hitherto it has been known only at Trang and Nakhon Si Thammarat in P.Thailand.

Pendlebury, H.M.,1933 : Notes and new Records of Butterflies from the Malay Peninsula
J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17(2):377-401.

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.

Hanafusa, H.,1989 : Notes on Polyura eudamippus (Doubleday).
Futao 3:18-28. (in Japanese)

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