♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♀, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Ninh Binh, Vietnam.
♀, Chaiyaphum, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Papilio heliodore Fabricius, 1787 OD : Mantissa Ins. 2:52. TL : "Siam" [Thailand]. (NHML) Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Hainan. ● ssp.heliodore ● ssp.dorelia

Neptis roepkei ioannis Eliot, 1959 : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7:374. TL. Victoria Point, "S. Burma" [S.Myanmar]. (NHML)

ioannis :
Holotype ♂, Feb.1922. Victoria Point, S.Burma. (NHML) ; Allotype ♀, same data as holotype. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis heliodore dorelia ; Pendlebury,1923 : 39. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Neptis heliodore heliodore ; Godfrey,1916 : 128-129. (C: by literature)
Neptis heliodore heliodore ; Godfrey,1930 : 281. (Muak Lek; Prae: Me Song forest)
Neptis heliodore dorelia ; Godfrey,1930 : 281. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram)
Neptis heliodore dorelia ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Eliot,1969 : 42. (P)
Lasippa tiga camboja ; Pinratana,1979 : 43, figs.N66,♀,♀(Un). ("Nakhon Ratchasima; Sisaket; Trang; Uthai Thani; Yala")
Neptis heliodore heliodore ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 54, pl.34, figs.88,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang) (in part)
Pantoporia aurelia aurelia ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.174, figs.N100a♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (in part)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 398, pl.173, figs.N91,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Lasippa camboja ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.173, figs.N92,♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂. (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.05.04)
Lasippa tiga siaka ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.05.04)
Pantoporia aurelia aurelia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.170, figs.N233a♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (in part)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 396, pl.171, figs.N235,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Kanchanaburi)
Lasippa tiga camboja ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.171, figs.N236a♂,♂(Un). (in part)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 70, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Ranong Hot Spring; Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 50, figs.Abb.N-265-256. (Phang Nga)
Lasippa tiga siaka ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : figs.Abb.N-267-269. (Phang Nga) (in part)

[ LAOS ]
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.57, fig.♂. (Lak Sao)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis kuhasa ; Vitalis,1919 : 229. (Tonkin)
Neptis heliodore f. kuhasa ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 40. (Tonkin)
Neptis heliodore heliodore f.hib. heliodore ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Neptis heliodore heliodore f.aest. kuhasa ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 30, figs.4:10,♀,11,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lasippa heliodore ; Vu,2003 : 57. (Phu Quoc)
Lasippa heliodore ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 64, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lasippa heliodore ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien)
Lasippa heliodore heliodore ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (N / C / S)

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Ranong : 3♂ 15♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 900m).
The distribution and taxonomic status of continental populations, particularly those in Vietnam, is not yet clear. Further distributional and taxonomic studies are needed.

Fabricius, J.C.,1787 : Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis,
differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Copenhagen, Christ. Gottl. Proft 8vo 1:xx+348pp ; 2:[2]+382pp

Eliot, J.N.,1959 : New or little known Butterflies from Malaya.
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7(8) : 369-391, 1pl, 7 text-figs.

Eliot, J.N.,1969 : An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Supple.15. London.

♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2024.05.31.