♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Pareba vesta sordice Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:741. TL : "Tandong, Tenasserim" [Thandaung, Kayin State, Myanmar]. Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, N. to C.Laos, S. & W.Yunnan, SW.Sichuan, SW.Guangxi. ● ssp.sordice ● ssp.issoria ● ssp.vestalina

Acraea issoria yunnana Okano, 1982 : Artes Liberales 31:93, pl.1, figs.3(PT,♂), 4(PT,♂Un), 5(PT,♂), 6(PT,♂Un), 7(HT,♂), 8(HT,♂Un). TL. Dali, Yunnan. (in coll. M.Okano)

yunnana :
Holotype ♂, 1981. Dali (Tali), Yunnan. (in coll. M.Okano)
Paratypes : 4♂, same data as holotype. (in coll. M.Okano)

[ THAILAND ]
Pareba vesta sordice ; Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Pareba vesta sordice ; Godfrey,1930 : 304. (Chiang Mai: Doi Suthep)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Pinratana,1979 : 109, figs.N182,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Loei; Tak)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 16, pl.1, figs.2,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Loei; Tak; Nan)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 348, pl.148 figs.N2,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 376, pl.161 figs.N205,♂,♀. (Doi Suthep)
Acraea issoria sordice ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.05.02)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 43, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Chiang Dao; Doi Phui; Doi Inthanon; Doi Phu Kha; Doi Musso)

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Acraea issoria sordice ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.46, figs.♂,♀,♀. (Oudomxay)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Onodera,2009b : 37. (Xieng Kouang: Nam Noen)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.
Acraea issoria sordice ; Miyamoto & Nakamura,2016 : 19-20, figs.2,A(top-middle)♂,♀,♂,♀,B(top-middle)♂(Un),♀(Un),♂(Un),♀(Un). (Phongsali; Xieng Khouang)
Acraea issoria sordice ; Onodera,2022 : 26, pl.89, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham; Luang Phabang: Kieutaloun Laosuong)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 2♂. (photo).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 2200m) and is often found at forest edges.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
721-744. (9.Mar.1914)

Okano, M.,1984 : New or little known butterflies from China (II)
Artes Libetales 31:91-94. 2 pls.

Lang, S.,2009 : A Study on the systematics of Nymphalidae (excepting Satyrinae) from China (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Beijing, P.R.China.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.	♂+♀ (mating), Nan, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Nan, Thailand.

2007.10.20 - 2023.05.31.