♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀ (dsf), Lam Dang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂ (dsf), Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♂ (dsf), Trat, Thailand.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.		♂ (dsf), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

ON : Athyma asita Moore, 1858 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26): 13. TL : 'Unknown, probably N.India' Distribution : Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.asita ● ssp.subrata

Pantoporia nefte asita ♂.forma asitina Fruhstorfer, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 56(6/7): 414; Loc: "Lower Birma" [Myanmar]. (IFS)
Pantoporia nefte f. meillieri Dubois & Vitalis de Salvaza, 1924; Faune. ent. Indochine fasc. 3: 41; TL: Luang Prabang, Laos.

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Pantoporia nefte asita: Godfrey,1916 : 129. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Pantoporia nefte asita: Godfrey,1927 : 124. (N)
Pantoporia nefte asita: Godfrey,1930 : 286. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Mai)
Athyma nefte asita: Pinratana,1979 : 59, fig.N106a,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Kao Yai; Nakhon Nayok)
Athyma nefte asita: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 61, pl.39, figs.108a♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi)
Athyma nefte asita: Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 51, fig.20,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Pung)
Athyma nefte asita: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 408, pl.176, figs.N112a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Lampang)
Athyma nefte asita: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 418, pl.182, figs.N277a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Lampang)
Athyma nefte asita: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Phetchabun; Sa Kaeo; Saraburi; Nakhon Nayok; Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Athyma nefte asita: Kimura et al.,2016 : 89, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo; Kao Yai; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kao Saverb)
Athyma nefte: Chueamueangphan et al.,2025 : 208. (Phayao: Mae Puem N.P.)

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Pantoporia nefte f. asita: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Laos)
Pantoporia nefte f. meilleri: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Luang Prabang: Pak-Vet)
Athyma nefte asita: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 58, pl.62, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng; Nam Moh; Luang Prabang; Tha Ngone; Pakse)
Athyma nefte asita: Osada et al.,1999 : 207, pl.60, figs.♂dsf,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phong Saly; Nhahin; Thabok; Lak Sao)
Athyma nefte asita: Onodera,2009b : 36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Athyma nefte asita: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 45.
Athyma nefte asita: Onodera,2022 : 39, pl.117, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Thabok; Vieng Thong)

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Athyma nefte: Onodera,2007 : 28, fig.58,♀. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kuhlen)
Athyma nefte: Onodera,2009 : 40. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kulen)
Athyma nefte: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 129. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Athyma nefte asita: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 118. (Koh Kong; Pursat; Siem Reap)

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Pantoporia nefte asita: Fruhstorfer,1912 : 633. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asita: Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asitina: Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia nefte f. asita: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia nefte f. asitina: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia asita: Lemée,1950 : 14. (Hagiang; Backan)
Pantoporia nefte asita f. hib. asita: Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Pantoporia nefte asita f. aest. asitina: Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Athyma nefte asita: Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.5:17,♂,18,♂(Un), fig.9:41(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma nefte: Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 65, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma nefte: Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Phong Dien)
Athyma nefte asita: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 26, figs.N-72,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Athyma nefte asita: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (N; C; S)
Athyma nefte asita: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):32–34, pl.37, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un),4c♀. (N: Na Hang; Ba Be; Cuc Phuong; C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Vu Quang; Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Phong Dien; Dakrong; A Luoi; Bach Ma; Son Thanh; Chu Yang Sin; Cat Loc; Da Teh; Nui Chua; S: La Nga; Nghia Trung)
Athyma nefte asita: Saito et al.,2021 : 463. (Phu Quoc)

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Mae Hong Son : 2♂ 3♀.

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Chiang Mai : 10♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is common in forests at low to high elevations (400–1,600 m a.s.l.). Males are territorial on shrubs.
Individuals similar to ssp.inara, shown above with a dry-season form male from Mae Hong Son, occur very occasionally in northern Thailand.

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, 1906. Historisches und Morphologisches über das Genus Athyma und dessen Verwandte.
Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 56(6/7): 384–434. (19.Oct.1906)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1912. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 633–640. (25.Oct.1912)

Dubois, E. & Vitalis de Salvaza, R, 1924. Lépidoptères indochinois (Suite).
Faune entomologique de l’Indochine Française, 3: 27–47.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Lampang, Thailand.
♂ (territorial behaviour), Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀ (dsf), Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.	♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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