Neptis anjana anjana  Moore, 1881

Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un. Neptis anjana decerna ♀ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♀ Un.
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani, Thailand.
Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un. Neptis anjana decerna ♀ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.
Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Up. Neptis anjana decerna ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.), Thailand. ♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Neptis anjana Moore, 1881
OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1881(3):309.
TL : Moulmein. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, W.Malaysia,
Sumatra. [? Cambodia ]
● ssp.anjana
ssp.???
Neptis anjana decerna Map

Synonym

Neptis anjana hyria Fruhstorfer, 1912 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:620. TL. Perak.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Neptis anjana hyria ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (Surat Thani: Khao Poata)
Neptis anjana hyria ; Godfrey,1932b : 324. (Surat Thani: Khao Poata)
Neptis anjana hyria ; Pinratana,1979 : 50, not fig. (no data, list only)
Neptis anjana hyria ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 52, pl.31, figs.80,♂,♂(Un). (Surat Thani)
Neptis anjana anjana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 394, pl.171, figs.N82,♂,♂(Un). (Ka Per [Khao Poata], Surat Thani)
Neptis anjana decerna ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 406, pl.176, figs.N258,♂,♂(Un). (Ka Per [Khao Poata], Surat Thani)
Neptis anjana hyria ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 81, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kao Poh Ta)
Neptis anjana decerna ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.13)

[ CAMBODIA ]
'Neptis anjana ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)'
'Neptis anjana ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 117. (Pursat)'


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai (Omkoi dist.) : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani : 9♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 5♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 5♂ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 700 - 1300m). Males are territorial on trees at hilltops.
I consider the taxon hyria is indistinguishable from the nominotypical subspecies.
It is not certain to which subspecies the Cambodian population belongs as no specimens have been examined. Confirmation by specimens is needed.


Literature

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

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
617-632. (15.Oct.1912)

Tsukada, E.,1985 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. IV Nymphalidae (1).
Plapac Co., Ltd. 558 pp. 158.col.pls.


Neptis anjana anjana ♂ Neptis anjana anjana ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Neptis anjana anjana ♂ Neptis anjana anjana ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Neptis anjana anjana ♂ Neptis anjana anjana ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2006.02.20 - 2023.06.30.

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