Neptis hylas papaja  Moore, [1875]

Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Un. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Un. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Un.
♀, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Un. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Up. Neptis hylas papaja ♀ Un.
♂, Surat Thani (Koh Tao), Thailand. (photo by P.Kosierb) ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Neptis papaja Moore, [1875]
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(4): 570-571.
TL : Sumatra. (♂, NHML and Oxford.)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Banka.
● ssp.kamarupa
ssp.papaja
Neptis hylas papaja map

Synonyms

Neptis mamaja Butler, 1879 : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2)Zool. 1(8):541, pl.69, fig.3. TL. S.Malacca and Penang. (♂, NHML)
Neptis hylas symada Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Int. ent. Z. 1(24):175. TL. Rhiow-Archipel. (♀, MNHN)
Neptis hylas mamaja ab.pura Grunberg, 1908 : Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berl. 1908:286. TL. Taloek, Sumatra.
Neptis hylas bankiva Fruhstorfer, 1912 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9 : 602. TL. Banka.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis hylas mamaja ; Pendlebury,1923 : 39. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Ram; Khao Luang; Lan Saka)
Neptis hylas mamaja ; Godfrey,1930 : 279. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Bangnara)
Neptis hylas mamaja ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Pinratana,1979 : 45, figs.N72b♂,♂(Un). (Trang; Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 47, pl.27, figs.65a♂[♀],♂(Un). (Ranong; Songkhla; Trang; Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 388, pl.167, figs.N68a♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2022.04.14)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 398,400, pl.173, figs.N243b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 74-75, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong Hot Spring; Ranong; Phuket Hill; Ka Chong; Haadjai; Than To WF.)
Neptis hylas papaja ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.13)
Neptis hylas papaja ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 52, figs.Abb.N-281-286. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 1♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Tao) : 1♂ (photo by P.Koseirb).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 4♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 3♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is common in montane and secondary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 500m) and is often found on forest edges and forest paths.
The populations from Malaysia and P.Thailand are very variable as Eliot,1992 and Kimura et al.,2016 pointed out. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Moore, F.,[1875] : Descriptions of New Asiatic Lepidoptera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(4):565-579, pls.66,67.

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond., (2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Neues uber eine alte Neptis.
Int. ent. Z. 1(24):174-176.

Grunberg, K.,1908 : Eineige neue Lepidopteren-formen von den Sunda-Inseln.
Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berl. 1908:286-291, 1fig.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
593-616. (25.Sep.1912)

Eliot, J.N.,1992 : Cobert, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M. (Revised by Eliot, J.N.), The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition.
x + 595 + [69] pp., 69pp. of plates (some col.). Malayan Nature Society.


Neptis hylas papaja ♂ Neptis hylas papaja ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.09.30.

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