Euploea sylvester harrisii  Felder & Felder, [1865]

Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂ Up. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂ Un. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀ Up. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀ Un.
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. ♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂ Up. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂ Un. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀ Up. Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Euploea harrisiiFelder & Felder, [1865]
OD : Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2):328.
TL : Cochin.
Distribution : C.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, Yunnan, Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.
Euploea sylvester harrisii map

Synonyms

Stictoploea crowleyi Moore, 1890 : Lep. Ind. 1:138, pl.52, fig.2,♂. TL. Tenasserim.
Euploea boisduvalii Moore,1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3):320. (Roger, MS., nom. nud.)
Euploea harrisi f.depunctata Fruhstorfer, 1910 ; in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:246. TL. Siam.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 246. (Siam)
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Godfrey,1916 : 120.
Euploea dufresne harrisi [sic] ; Pendlebury,1923 : 31. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Euploea dufresne harrisi [sic] ; Godfrey,1927 : 121. (N)
Euploea dufresne harrisii ; Godfrey,1930 : 240. (all over)
Euploea dufresne harrisi [sic] ; Godfrey,1932a : 266. (P)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Morishita,1977 : 37, pl.18, figs.♂,♀. (Thailand)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Pinratana,1977 : 85, figs.D29,♂,♀. (all over)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 68,73, pl.85, figs.28,♂,♀. (Chanthaburi; Kanchanaburi; Petchaburi; Ratchaburi)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2000 : 253, fig.64,♂. (Mukdahan: Phu Mu)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 20-21. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Huay Sing; Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum; Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Kaeng E-Keow; Phu Hin Dang)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 47. (Mukdahan: Ban Lao Kram; Phu Mu)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 210, pl.77, figs.D28,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Euploea midamus chloe ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.80, fig.D32b♀. (in part)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.03.24)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 210, pl.77, figs.N29,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Nayok; Kaeng Krachan)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 39, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo; Kao Khiewo; Kratching WF; Kao Soi Dao; Erawan WF; Kaeng Krachang; Than To WF.)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 235-236, figs.Abb.Da-133-134. (Phang Nga)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 52, pl.36, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un),7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Tha Ngone; Vientiane)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 204, pl.44, fig.♂. (Boung Kuang)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Onodera,2009b : 39,42, fig.21,♂. (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Phon Si)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Onodera,2022 : 24, pl.85, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phonsi; Khammouan: Natung; Thakhek)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Euploea harrisi f.binotata ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 25. (Pnom Penh)
Euploea sylvester ; Onodera,2008 : 60, 59, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Mondolkiri: O Rang)
Euploea sylvester ; Onodera,2009 : 38. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Kosterin,2020 : 325. (Pursat; Preah Vihear)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Phnom Penh; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 246. (Tonkin; S.Annam)
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Godfrey,1919 : 465. (S: Daban)
Euploea dufresne harrisi [sic] ; Moulton,1923 : 128. (Pulo Condore)
Euploea harrisi [sic] ; Lemée,1950 : 7. (Hagiang)
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Metaye,1957 : 101. (C / S)
Euploea harrisi [sic] harrisi [sic] ; Metaye,1958a : 164-165, pl.2, fig.9,♂. (all over)
Euploea harrisi [sic] binotata ; Metaye,1958b : 174. (Pulo Condore)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Morishita,1970 : 68, figs.23,♂♀. (Blao; Trang Bom; Dinh Quan; La Nga)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Morishita,1977 : 37. (Vietnam)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 53, figs.2:16,♀,3:1,♂,2,♂(Un),9:10(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Luong et al.,2004 : 3, 40, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 15, figs.D-21,♂♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Monastyrskii,2011 : 61-63, pl.10, figs.1a♂,1b♀,1c♂,1d♀. (N: Ba Be; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong / C: Pu Mat; Vu Quang; Huong Son; Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Dak Rong; Yok Don; Chu Yang Sin / S: La Nga; Nghia Trung; Binh Chau; Cat Tien; Con Son Is; Nui Chua; Lo Go Sa Mat)
Euploea sylvester harrisii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 19. (N / C / S)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 5♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Sa Kaeo : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chanthaburi : 7♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao) : 1♀ (photo by P.Kosierb).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 1000m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. Males are territorial on trees or shrubs at the edges of forests.


Literature

Moore, F.,1890-1892 : Lepidoptera Indica. vol.I. Rhopalocera, Family Nymphalidae.
1:1-192, 1890 ; 193-176, 1891 ; 177-310, 1892. L.Reeve & Co., London.

Moore, F.,1883 :
A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae;
with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3):253-324, pls.29-32.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : 3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
249-264. (12.Nov.1910)

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


Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂ Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Euploea sylvester harrisii ♀ and ♂ Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂+♀
♀ (above) and ♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂ + ♀ (mating), Yala, Thailand.
Euploea sylvester harrisii ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Yala, Thailand.

1998.11.15 - 2024.02.29.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.