Neptis leucoporos cresina  Fruhstorfer, 1908

Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Un. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♀ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Un. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♀ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Un. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Up. Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Tak, Thailand.

ON : Neptis nata cresina Fruhstorfer, 1908
OD : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):312-313.
TL : Singapore ; Sumatra. (♂, MNHN)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, W. & P.Thailand, C.Vietnam,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Pulo Laut.
● ssp.leucoporos
ssp.cresina
Neptis leucoporos cresina Map

Synonym

Neptis nata egestes Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):314. partim ♀ nec ♂. TL. S.E.Borneo.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Eliot,1969 : 80. (Siam)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Pinratana,1979 : 47, figs.N76,♀,♀(Un). (Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang; Yala; Narathiwat)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 48, pl.28, figs.69,♂[♀],♂[♀](Un). (Ranong; Trang; Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Neptis leocoporos cresina ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 388, pl.168, figs.N72,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, fig.♂[♀]. (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2022.06.10)
Neptis leocoporos cresina ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 400, pl.173, figs.N247,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 77, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Ka Chong; Tarutao Is; Than To WF.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis leucoporos leucoporos ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 20, fig.N-49,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 40. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (C: Lam Dong)
Neptis leucoporos cresina ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):66-67. (C: Krong Trai; Da Teh; Loc Bac; Cat Loc / S: La Nga; Nam Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Tak : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 2♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low elevations (Alt. 30 - 450m) and is often found on forest paths or forest edges.
Although tentatively treated as ssp.cresina, the population from S.Vietnam is rather different from other taxa and is likely to be a distinct subspecies. Further taxonocim study is needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Versuch einer monographischen Revision der Indo-Australischen Neptiden.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):240-412, 3 pls.


Neptis leucoporos cresina ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.06.30.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.