Euploea midamus midamus

Euploea midamus midamus (Linnaeus, 1758)


♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.

ON : Papilio midamus Linnaeus, 1758
OD : Syst. nat. (ed.10) 1: 470.
TL : 'Asia' [Guangdong, China].

Distribution : N.Vietnam, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hongkong.

	● ssp.chloe
	● ssp.midamus

Synonyms

Papilio superbus Herbst, 1793; In: Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 6: 14–15, n.3, pl.119, fig.3,♀, pl.120, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un); TL: 'Ostindien' [S.China].
Euploea cincinnatus Fabricius, 1807; Syst. Glossat. : 75, n22; TL: China.
Danais alopia Godart, 1819; In: Latreille & Godart, Ency. méth. 9(1): 177–178; TL: 'Amboine' [S.China].
Isamia sinica Moore, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3): 312; TL: S.China.
Euploea midamus aegumurus Fruhstorfer, 1911; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 277; TL: Insel Hainan.

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Euploea midamus midamus: Fruhstorfer,1910 : 270. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus chloe: Fruhstorfer,1910 : 270. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus f. midamus: Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 26. (Tonkin)
Euploea midamus: Lemée,1950 : 7. (Hanoi)
Euploea midamus midamus: Metaye,1957 : 102. (N)
Euploea midamus midamus: Metaye,1958a : 167, pl.3, fig.3. (Hanoi) (partim)
Euploea midamus chloe: Ikeda et al.,1999 : 53, figs.3:3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,9:11(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus chloe: Luong et al.,2004 : 3. (Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus midamus: Monastyrskii,2011 : 67–68, pl.12, figs.1a♂,1b♂,1c♀. (N: Ba Be; Na Hang; Huu Lien; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong)
Euploea midamus midamus: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (N)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 2♂.

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

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations.

Literature

Linnaeus, C, 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum clases, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, symonymis, locis. Editio Decima, reformata.
Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 1: iv + 823 + [1] pp.

Herbst, J.F.W, 1793. Der Schmetterlinge. In: Jablonsky, C.G. (Ed.), Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet, Teil 6.
Joachim Pauli, Berlin, pp. 6 + 1–162, pls. 118–153.

Fabricius, J.C, 1807. Systema glossatorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunovici, i–xii + 13–112 pp. (not published)

Godart, J.B, 1819. In: Latreille, P.A. & J.B. Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique.
Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes.
veuve Agasse, Paris, 9(1): i–ii, 3–328. ([before 13.Feb].1819)

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.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1883(3): 253–324, pls. 29–32.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1910. 3. Familie: Danaidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 265–272. (17.Dec.1910)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1911. 3. Familie: Danaidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 273–280 (13.Feb.1911)

Bryk, F. (ed.), 1938. J. Chr. Fabricius Systema Glossatorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Sammlung naturwissenschaftlicher Facsimile-Drucke, Bd. 1.
Gustav Feller, Neubrandenburg, xii + 112 pp.

Corbet, A.S, 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Part 7. Summary of determinations.
Proceedings of the royal entomological Society of London, (B), 18(9/10): 191–199.

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