Tirumala gautama gautama (Moore, 1877)

Tirumala gautama gautama ♂ Up. Tirumala gautama gautama ♂ Un. Tirumala gautama gautama ♀ Up. Tirumala gautama gautama ♀ Un.
♂, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. ♀, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.
Tirumala gautama gautama ♂ Up. Tirumala gautama gautama ♂ Un. Tirumala gautama gautama ♀ Up. Tirumala gautama gautama ♀ Un.
♂, Bin Thuan, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Dong Nai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Danais gautama Moore, 1877
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)20: 43.
TL : "Henzada, Rangoon district, Burmah" [Hinthada, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar].
Distribution : Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Langkawi.
Tirumala gautama gautama map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Danaida gautama gautama: Godfrey,1930 : 235. (Huey Tak Sao)
Danaus gautama gautama: Pinratana,1977 : 70, fig.D6,♀.
Tirumala gautama gautama: Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 57,71, pl.72, fig.6,♂[♀]. (Phuket)
Ideopsis vulgaris macrina: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♀](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.22 ; accessed: 2024.04.30)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 186, pl.65, figs.D6,♂,♂(Un). (Chanthaburi; Huey Sat Yai; Phuket)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 186, pl.65, figs.N6,♂,♂(Un). (Huey Sat Yai; Chanthaburi; Phuket)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Kimura et al.,2016 : 27, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Kao Saverb; Nam Tok Tonesai)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2022– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chumphon) (accessed: 2022.12.07)

[ LAOS ]
Tirumala gautama gautama: Osada et al.,1999 : 204, pl.42, fig.♂. (Thakhek)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Tirumala gautama: Onodera,2007 : 24, fig.22,♀. (Rattanakiri: Ou Chum)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Onodera,2022 : 127, pl.265, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Ratanakiri: Ou Chum)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 114. (Ratanakiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Danaus gautama gautama: Metaye,1958a : 155. (Dinh Quan: Bao Liet; Dong Nai: Trang Bom)
Danaus gautama gautama: Metaye,1958b : 174. (S: Foret de Bao Liet; Foret de Dinh Quan; Trang Bom)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Morishita,1970 : 65, fig.6,♂. (Dinh Quan; Trang Bom)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Miyazaki et al.,2006 : 15, fig.D-6,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Miyazaki et al.,2007c : 37, fig.D-6,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Monastyrskii,2011 : 33, pl.4, figs.3,♂. (C: Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Yok Don; S: Cat Tien)
Tirumala gautama gautama: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 19. (C: Quang Binh; S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Prachuap Khiri Khan : 5♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Bin Thuan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Dong Nai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in lowland forest, especially in mangrove forest at the seaside. Both sexes visit flowers.


Literature

Moore, F, 1877. Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera.
Annals and Magazine of natural History, (4)20: 43–52.


Tirumala gautama gautama ♂
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1998.11.23 - 2026.09.30.

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