Polyura dolon grandis

Polyura dolon grandis (Rothschild, 1899)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Eulepis dolon grandis Rothschild, 1899
OD : Novit. zool. 6:275.
TL : Shan States, Burma. (♂, NHML)

Distribution : Myanmar (Shan States), Thailand,
Laos, N. to C.Vietnam.

	● ssp.grandis
	● ssp.southernensis

Type Materials Information

Lectotype ♂, Shan States. designated by R.L.Smiles,1979. (NHML)
Paralectotypes 3♂, Shan States. designated by R.L.Smiles,1979. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Eriboea dolon grandis ; Godfrey,1930 : 302. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Pinratana,1979 : 100, figs.N173,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Smiles,1984 : 211. (Upper Mae Nam River; [Bangkok])
Polyura dolon grandis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 100, pl.79, figs.194,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 492, pl.220, figs.N207,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Wiang Pa Pao)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 362, pl.154, figs.N192,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Wiang Pa Pao)
Polyura dolon grandis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.04)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 136, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Khun Lao)

[ LAOS ]
Eriboea dolon grandis ; Fruhstorfer,1914 : 723. (Luang Prabang)
Eriboea dolon ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Laos)
Eriboea grandis ; Vitalis,1919 : 233. (Laos)
Eriboea dolon f. grandis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 46. (Laos)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Smiles,1984 : 211. (nr Luang-Prabang. by litarature Fruhstorfer,1914:723)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 62, not fig. (Luang Prabang)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 208, pl.81, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao; Xam Neua)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.
Polyura dolon grandis ; Onodera,2022 : 51, pl.150, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Polyura dolon grandis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 : 477. (Hoang Lien Son; Vu Quang) (in part)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 42. (N) (in part)
Polyura dolon grandis ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):94, pl.15, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Van Ban / C: Vu Quang;) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 1♂ (photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chiang Mai (Alt.550 - 2200m) : 12♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nan : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally very common in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 400 - 2200m). Males are territorial on canopies at hilltops and frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.

Literature

Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K.,1899 : A monograph of Charaxes and the allied Prionopterous genera. Part 2.
Novit. zool. 6:220-286, pl.7.

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.


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.05.31.