Athyma kanwa phorkys  (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Un.
♂ (dst), Nan, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Un.
♂ (dsf), Tak, Thailand. ♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa phorkys ♀ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Pantoporia kanwa phorkys Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:628.
TL : Assam ; U.Burma ; Tavoy ; Karen Hills.
Distribution : India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam.
● ssp.phorkys
ssp.kanwa
Athyma kanwa phorkys Map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.161,♂. (Umphang)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 414, pl.180, fig.N271a♀. (Doi Suthep)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 86, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nam Nao; Doi Montha)

[ LAOS ]
Pantoporia kanwa f.phorkys ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Laos)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 58, pl.61, figs.7,♂,8♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 206, pl.58, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Boung Kuang)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 42. (Thakhek)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pantoporia kanwa f.phorkys ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Annam / Cochinchine)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (C / S)
Athyma kanwa ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Phong Dien)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 22, figs.N-67,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (N / C / S)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):24-25, pl.36, figs.1a♂,1b♀,1c♀(Un). (N: Dong Phuc / C: Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Phong Dien; Dakrong; A Luoi; Nam Dong; Bach Ma; Ba To; Bao Lam; Loc Bao / S: Cat Loc; Nghia Trung)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 13♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 6♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt.400m - 1000m). Males are territorial on shurubs.


Literature

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


Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. (photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂ Athyma kanwa phorkys ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2006.03.10 - 2022.09.30.

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