Athyma kanwa kanwa Moore, 1858

Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀ Un.
♂, Surat Thani, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26): 17, pl.51, fig.2.
TL : Borneo.
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), W.Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo, Pulau Laut, Sumatra, Bilitung, Bangka.
● ssp.phorkys
● ssp.supati
● ssp.lamdongensis
● ssp.kanwa
Athyma kanwa kanwa Map

Synonym

Pantoporia kanwa zynara Fruhstorfer, 1912; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 628; TL: Sumatra.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Pantoporia kanwa kanwa: Pendlebury,1923 : 39. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Pantoporia kanwa kanwa: Godfrey,1930 : 284. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Khao Luang)
Pantoporia kanwa kanwa: Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Pinratana,1979 : 56, figs.N98,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Yala)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 59, pl.37, figs.102,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Trang; Satun; Yala)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂]. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.25 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 404, pl.176, figs.N106,♂,♂(Un). (Nakhon Si Thammarat)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.[♀],[♀](Un). (Koh Samui) (accessed: 2020.09.24)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 414, pl.180, figs.N271b,♂,♂(Un). (Ranong; Nakhon Si Thammarat)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Kimura et al.,2016 : 86, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Kam Puan; Khlong Naka; Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Athyma kanwa kanwa: Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 57, fig.Abb.N-319. (Phang Nga) (partim)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Ranong : 2♂ 7♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (incl.Koh Phangan dist.) : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 3♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

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


Notes

The butterfly is common in forests at low to moderate elevations (100–900 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on shrubs.


Literature

Moore, F, 1858. Monograph of the Asiatic Species of Neptis and Athyma, two genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1858(26): 3–20, Annulosa pls. 49–51.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1912. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 617–632. (15.Oct.1912)


Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂
♂ (territorial behaviour), Yala, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behaviour), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂ Athyma kanwa kanwa ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀ Athyma kanwa kanwa ♀
♀, ♀ (laying egg), Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.

2006.03.10 - 2026.09.30.

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