Euploea eunice leucogonis  (Butler, 1879)

Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Un. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♀ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Un. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♀ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Trang, Thailand.
Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Un. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Up. Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Un.
♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Salpinx leucogonis Butler,1879
OD : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2) Zool. 1(8):536, pl.69, fig.5,♀.
TL : Malacca.
Distribution : E.Myanmar, Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia,
Tioman, {Singapore}.
● ssp.coelestis
ssp.leucogonis
Euploea eunice leucogonis map

Synonyms

Salpinx lazulina Moore, 1883 : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(3):300-301. TL. Malacca.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euploea leucostictos leucogonys [sic] ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 263. (W. & C.)
Euploea leucostictos leucogonys [sic] ; Godfrey,1916 : 120. (Petchaburi River; Pak Jong)
Euploea leucostictos leucogonys [sic] ; Pendlebury,1923 : 31. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Euploea leucostictos leucogonys [sic] ; Godfrey,1930 : 241. ('Pak Jong'; Petchaburi River; SE: Hat Sanuk; Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Euploea leucostictos leucogonis ; Pinratana,1977 : 90, fig.D35,♂,♀. (all over)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 70,74, pl.91, fig.34,♂,♀. (Chanthaburi; Rayong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Ranong; Trang) (in part)
Euploea tulliolus dehaan ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : pl.87, fig.30b,♀. (in part)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 216, pl.81, fig.D34,♂,♂,♀(Un). (Khao Chong) (in part)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2023.03.24)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 216, pl.81, figs.N35,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Khao Chong) (in part)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchaburi) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 42, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Chamaoh; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong)
Euploea eunice leucogonis ; Küppers & Janikorn,2017 : 238-239, figs.Abb.Da-149-150. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chanthaburi : 4♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 900m). Both sexes visit flowers and males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.


Literature

Butler, A.G.,1879 : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond., (2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

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.


Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂ Euploea eunice leucogonis ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

1998.11.15 - 2023.04.30.

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