Polyura dolon grandis  (Rothschild, 1899)

Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Un. Polyura dolon grandis ♀ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Un. Polyura dolon grandis ♀ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Un. Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Up. Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Un.
♂, 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
Polyura dolon grandis map

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).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


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


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.


Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Polyura dolon grandis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Polyura dolon grandis ♂ Polyura dolon grandis ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.12.09 - 2023.05.31.

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