♂, Champasak, Laos.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.		♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand.

Specimens from transition zone of ssp.limborgii and ssp.menestriesii
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♂, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Euploea limborgii Moore, [1879] OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):823, pl.51, fig.2,♂. TL : Ahsown ; Hatsiega ; Houngduran, Tenasserim. Distribution : C.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan. ● ssp.limborgii ● transition zone of limborgii and menetriesii ● ssp.menetriesii

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Euploea deione limborgi [sic] ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 237. (Siam)
Euploea deione limborgii ; Godfrey,1916 : 120. (Chonburi: Don Rek hills)
Euploea deione limborgii ; Godfrey,1930 : 240. (Pak Jong; Chonburi: Sriracha; Bangkok; Hat Sanuk)
Euploea deione limborgii ; Godfrey,1931 : 194. (Ko Tao)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Pinratana,1977 : 82, figs.D26a♂,♀. (except P)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 67,73, pl.82, figs.25a♂,♀. (Nakhon Nayok)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 20, fig.52,♂. (Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak; Ban Lao Kram; Ban Gok Tum)
Euploae aglea [sic] limborgii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 204, pl.74, figs.D25a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Nakhon Nayok)
Euploae algea menetriesii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 204, pl.74, figs.N26,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok) (in part)
Euploae algea limborgii ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Euploea algea limborgii ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Nayok; Nakhon Ratchasima) (accessed: 2023.03.12)
Euploae algea limborgii ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 37, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayork; Kao Soi Dao; Kuwai Yai; Khlong Naka)
Euploae algea menetriesii ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Euploea algea limborgii ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 52, pl.35, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Vientiane; Luang Prabang; Nam Ngum Dam)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.44, fig.♀. (Thabok)
Euploea algea menestriesii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Euploea algea menestriesii ; Onodera,2022 : 23, pl.84, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Euploea algea ; Onodera,2008 : 56. (Mondolkiri: Leu)
Euploea algea ; Onodera,2009 : 38. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Euploea algea menestriesi [sic] ; Kosterin,2019b : 30. (Ratanakiri)
'Euploea cf. algea menestriesi [sic] ; Kosterin,2020 : 323. (Siem Reap; Preah Vihear; Stung Treng)'
Euploea algea limborgii ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Mondulkiri; Preah Vihear; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euploea deione limborgi [sic] ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 237. (S.Annam)
Euploea deione limborgii ; Metaye,1957 : 101. (C / S)
Euploea deione limborgii ; Metaye,1958a : 158, pl.2, fig.8,♂. (C / S: Ben Nom; Foret de Dinh Quan)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Morishita,1970 : 68, fig.20,♂♀. (Trang Bom; Dinh Quan)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Morishita,1977 : 28, pl.13, figs.♂(S),♀(S). (Vietnam)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 15, fig.D-20,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, fig.D-20,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 57-58, pl.8, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀. (C: Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Ngoc Linh; Kon Ka Kinh; Yok Don; Nui Chua; Loc Bac / S: Cat Tien; Nghia Trung; La Nga)
Euploea algea limborgii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 19. (C / S)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane and secondary forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 900m). Both sexes visit flowers, and males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
Both ssp.menetriesii, ssp.limborgii and intermediate individuals are found sympatrically in the Ranong area. It seems to be the transition zone between the two taxa, as noted by Kimura et al.,2016. Further distributional research is needed.
This species is indistinguishable from several similar species by the UnH markings. The androconial brand on the UnF and the UpF markings must be examined.

Moore, F.,[1879] : A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr.Ossian Limborg in upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(4):821-859, 3 pls.

Morishita, K.,1977 : The genus Euploea in the Orient (Lepidoptera: Danaidae).
Acta Rhopalocerologica (2):1-60, 35 pls., Fukuoka. (in Japanese)

♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
♂, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

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