Athyma assa gynea Swinhoe, 1899

Athyma assa gynea ♂ Up. Athyma assa gynea ♂ Un. Athyma assa gynea ♀ Up. Athyma assa gynea ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici) ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Athyma assa gynea ♂ Up. Athyma assa gynea ♂ Un. Athyma assa gynea ♀ Up. Athyma assa gynea ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, 2015.06.24. Yala, Thailand.

ON : Athyma gynea Swinhoe, 1899
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)3(13):104.
TL : Perak, [W. Malaysia].
Distribution : P. Thailand (Yala), W. Malaysia.
Athyma assa gynea map

Synonym

Parathyma cama cardoni Corbet, 1937 ; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)6(5):102. TL. Fraser's Hill, Pahang, "Maley Pen" [W. Malaysia].


Type Material Information

cardoni ; Holotype ♀, 13.Jun.1932. Fraser's Hill, 4250 ft., Pahang, Malay Peninsular. J.W.Scharff


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Athyma assa gynea ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 31, figs.29,♂,30,♀,♀(Un),30a,♀. (Yala)
Athyma assa gynea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.14)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 6♂ 3♀ (incl. photo and photo by S.Atdhabhan).
Betong dist. 2014.02.04. ♂, S.Atdhabhan (photo) ; 2015.06.24, 1♀, Y.Inayoshi (YI).
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Notes

New to Thailand. The first discovery was a taken photo in nature by Satawan Atdhabhan on 4.Feb.2014 in Betong dist., Yala.
The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 500 - 900m).


Literature

Swinhoe, C.,1899 : New Species of Oriental Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)3(13):102-116.

Corbet, A. S.,1937 : Observations on Species of Nymphalidae and Riodinidae from the Malay Peninsula
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B)6(5):99-104.


Athyma assa gynea ♂ Athyma assa gynea ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Athyma assa gynea ♂ Athyma assa gynea ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

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