Neptis sankara guiltoides  Tytler, 1940

Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Lampang, Thailand. ♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♀ Un.
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), Tak, Thailand. ♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.), Thailand.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Up. Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), Phetchabun, Thailand. ♂ (dsf), Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

ON : Neptis sankara guiltoides Tytler, 1940
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:117.
TL : North Shan States. (♂♀, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
N. & C.Vietnam, N.W.Yunnan.
● ssp.guiltoides
ssp.sugimotoi
Neptis sankara guiltoides Map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis sankara quilta ; Godfrey,1927 : 123. (N)
Neptis sankara quilta ; Godfrey,1930 : 282. (Chiang Mai)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Eliot,1969 : 91. (N.Siam)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Pinratana,1979 : 49, figs.N82,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 51, pl.30, figs.76,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 392, pl.170, figs.N78,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 404, pl.175, figs.N254,♀,♀(Un). (Umphang)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 80, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon; Phu Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Neptis sankara f.quitta ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 40. (Xieng-Khouang; Pang-Bo)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 57, pl.58, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Phatong)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.55, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao; Oudomxay)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Onodera,2022 : 36, pl.113, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis sankara ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Huong Thuy)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N / C: Ha Giang, Lao Cai to Gia Lai)
Neptis sankara guiltoides ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):72-73, pl.46, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Van Ban; Na Hang / C: Pu Mat; Huong Thuy; Bach Ma)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 3♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 12♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lampang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 5♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Luang Phabang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Xieng Khouang : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 2♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 500 - 1800m). Males are territorial on the trees at hilltops.
The population in W.Thailand tends to have whiter and larger white markings on the UpF, especially subapical white spots. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Tytler, H.,1940 : Notes on Some New and Interesting Butterflies chiefly from Burma. Part.2.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:109-123.


Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂ Neptis sankara guiltoides ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

2006.02.20 - 2023.06.30.

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