Neptis miah batara  Moore, 1881

Neptis miah batara ♂ Up. Neptis miah batara ♂ Un. Neptis miah batara ♀ Up. Neptis miah batara ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Neptis miah batara ♂ Up. Neptis miah batara ♂ Un. Neptis miah batara ♀ Up. Neptis miah batara ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Neptis batara Moore, 1881
OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3):310-311.
TL : Sumatra. (♀, NHML)
Distribution : P.Thailand (Yala), Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Sumatra.
● ssp.nolana
ssp.thaithummakulorum
ssp.disopa
ssp.batara
Neptis miah batara Map

Synonym

Bimbisara miah sarochoa Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Stett. ent. Ztg. 69(2):397. TL. Perak. (♂, MNHN)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis miah batara ; Pinratana,1979 : 49, figs.N81b♂,♂(Un). (no loc.)
Neptis miah batara ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 50, pl.30, figs.74b♂,♂(Un). (Yala)
Neptis miah batara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 390, pl.170, figs.N77b♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Neptis miah batara ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 402,404, pl.175, figs.N253b♂,♂(Un). (Than To)
Neptis miah batara ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 79, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Than To WF.)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 700m) and is found on forest paths or forest edges. Males are frequently territorial on shrubs at hilltops.


Literature

Moore, F.,1881 : Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera.
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 29(3):305-313.

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


Neptis miah batara ♂ Neptis miah batara ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Neptis miah batara ♂ Neptis miah batara ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2007.02.20 - 2022.06.30.

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