Tulsia tulsi tulsi  (Nicéville, [1884])
Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Up. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Un. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♀ Up. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Up. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Un. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♀ Up. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Champasak, Laos.
Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Up. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Un. Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ genitalia Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ genitalia
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. ♂ genitalia, Surat Thani, Thailand.

ON : Parnara tulsi Nicéville, [1884]
OD : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 52(2/4):86, pl.10, fig.1,♂.
TL : Sikkim. (♂, NZC)
Distribution : Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan, W.Malaysia. 		Tulsia tulsi tulsi map
Type Material Information

♂ Type, Sikkim. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 10, figs.♂,♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Baoris tulsi ; Godfrey,1930 : 386. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Baoris tulsi ; Godfrey,1932a : 276. (Trang: Ko Libong)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Evans,1949 : 455. (Siam)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Pinratana,1985 : 114, pl.39, fig.267,♂,♀(Un). (no loc.)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 844, pl.388, figs.H308,♂,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.[♂](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.11.13)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Muang Shone; Kao Pho Ta)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 909, pl.420, figs.H305,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet; Nakhon Nayok; Yala) (accessed: 2023.10.22)

[ LAOS ]
Caltoris tulsi ; Masui & Uehara,1997 : 6, 5, figs.29,♂,♂(Un). (Phong Sali)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 226, pl.143, fig.♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 60.
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Onodera,2022 : 125, pl.262, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 180. (Cao Bang; Ba Be)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 131. (S: Cat Tien)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b : 18, figs.H-130,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 85. (N / C: to Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 9♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 4♂ (incl. photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Champasak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 600 - 1600m). Both sexes visit flowers.

Literature

Nicéville, L.de,[1884] : On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 52(2/4):65-91. pls.1,9,10.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & Grishin, N.V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-94.

Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂ Tulsia tulsi tulsi ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.
2018.08.31 - 2023.11.30.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.