Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969

Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Un. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♀ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Un. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♀ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Un. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Up. Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni Eliot, 1969
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15: 35.
TL : Karwar, N.Kanara, S.India.
Distribution : Nepal, India to Myanmar, S.E.Tibet, S.Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S.Guangxi, Hainan.
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.Sep.1895, Karwar, N.Kanara, S.India, ex. Davidson Coll. (WSF)
Allotype ♀, Sep.1889, Karwar, N.kanara, S.India. (WSF)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Eliot,1969 : 35. (Siam)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Pinratana,1979 : 41, figs.N61,♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis sandaka davidsoni: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 55, pl.20, figs.93,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi; Chonburi; Kanchanaburi; Yala)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 27–28, fig.73,♀[♂]. (Ubon Ratchathani: Ban Na Pho Krang; Phu Chong Na Yoi; Nam Tok Soi Sawan; Phu Hin Dang; Mukdahan: Ban Na Lak; Ban Gok Tum)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 50. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Phu Pung)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.157,♂. (Umphang: Umphang; Tha Sai)
Neptis hordonia hordonia ; RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.25 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 400, pl.174, figs.N97,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (partim)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 394, pl.170, figs.N230,♂(right),♂(right,Un). (partim)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Kimura et al.,2016 : 68–69, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Nam Nao; Phu Khiewo; Nakohn Nayok; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Khiewo; Sai York Noi; Kanchanaburi; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: K. Chaianunporn & T. Chaianunporn,2019 : 86. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)
'Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 49, figs.Abb.N-257–262. (Phang Nga)'

[ LAOS ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 57, pl.55, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Luang Prabang; Vientiane; Nam Moh)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Osada et al.,1999 : 206, pl.57, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Oudomxay)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Onodera,2022 : 38, pl.115, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Bao Lao)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Pantoporia sandaka: Onodera,2008 : 58. (Mondolkiri: Bousra)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Kosterin,2020 : 328. (Siem Reap; Stung Treng)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Koh Kong; Mondulkiri; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Siem Reap; Stueng Treng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 64, figs.♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Pantoporia sandaka: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Huong Thuy)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 22, figs.N-60,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (N; C; S)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):47–48, pl.41, figs.5a♂,5b♂(Un),5c♀. (N: Van Ban; Ba Be; Cuc Phuong; C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phong Nha Ke Bang; Bach Ma; Kon Cha Rang; Da Teh; Cat Loc; S: Cat Tien; Lo Go Xa Mat; La Nga; Nghia Trung)
Pantoporia sandaka davidsoni: Saito et al.,2021 : 464. (Phu Quoc)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 5♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in forests at low to moderate elevations (30–1,000 m a.s.l.). It is slightly less common than the sympatric Pantoporia hordonia. The populations of peninsular Thailand, especially the specimens from Yala might be the nominotypical subspecies. However I tentatively treat them as ssp.davidsoni due to the small number of specimens examined and the insufficient comparative study. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Eliot, J.N, 1969. An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Supplement 15: 1–155, pls. 1–3.


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