♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Neptis viraja Moore, 1872 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872(2): 563, pl.32, fig.6,♂. TL : 'N.E.Bengal'. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan.

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis viraja viraja: Godfrey,1930 : 283. (Umphang; Chiangsen)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Pinratana,1979 : 43, figs.N67,♂,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Neptis viraja viraja: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 55, pl.34, figs.90,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.155,♀. (Umphang)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 400, pl.174, figs.N94,♂[♀],♂(Un),♀[♂]. (Phu Kieo; Umphang; Tam Tan Lod)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 396, pl.171, figs.N237,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Phu Kieo; Umphang; Tam Tan Lod)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Okamoto et al.,2013 : 9. (Kanchanaburi: Mae Klong Station)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Kimura et al.,2016 : 71, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep; Maethro; Phu Khiewo)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2023– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.13)

[ LAOS ]
Lasippa viraja viraja: Osada et al.,1999 : 206, pl.57, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Lasippa viraja viraja: Onodera,2022 : 37, pl.114, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Nachan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lasippa viraja viraja: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 24, fig.N-129,♀. (Lam Dong: Madagui)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 36. (C; S)
Lasippa viraja viraja: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):54–55, pl.42, fig.4,♂. (C: Cat Tien; Bi Doup-Nui Ba)

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Mae Hong Son : 1♂ 1♀.

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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 6♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is locally common in forests at moderate elevations (500–1,300 m a.s.l.). Males are frequently territorial on shrubs at hilltops.

In Ma et al. (2020), Lasippa heliodore, the type species of the genus Lasippa, was included in the molecular analysis and was found to be nested within the genus Neptis. Subsequently, Huang (2026) classified viraja within the genus Pantoporia based on molecular analyses. However, because the number of species included in both analyses was limited, the genus name Lasippa is provisionally retained here pending the results of further comprehensive molecular studies.

Moore, F, 1872. Descriptions of New Indian Lepidoptera.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1872(2): 555–583, pls. 32–34.

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.

Ma, L, Zhang, Y, Lohman, D.J, Wahlberg, N, Ma,F, Nylin, S, Janz, N, Yago, M, Aduse-Poku, K, Peggie, D, Wang, M, Zhang, P. & Wang, H-S, 2020.
A phylogenomic tree inferred with an inexpensive PCR-generated probe kit resolves higher-level relationships among Neptis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae).
Systematic Entomology, 45(4): 924–934.

Huang, H, 2026. New or little known butterflies from China - 8 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae).
Atalanta 57(1/2): 107–158.

♂, Phrae, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂ (territorial behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♀ and ♂ (courtship behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀+♂ (mating), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2026.09.30.