Athyma nefte subrata Moore, 1858

Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Un. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Un. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Un.
♂, Satun, Thailand. ♀, Satun, Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Un. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Un.
♂, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. ♀, Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.), Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Un. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Up. Athyma nefte subrata ♀ Un.
♀, Phetchaburi, Thailand. ♀, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Athyma subrata Moore, 1858
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26): 13–14, pl.51, fig.1,♀.
TL : 'Malacca [W.Malaysia]; Sumatra'.
Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Phetchaburi), Langkawi, W.Malaysia, Aur, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Banjak, Belitung, Pulau Laut, Sulu.
● ssp.asita
● ssp.subrata
Athyma nefte subrata Map

Synonyms

Athyma urvasi C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12): 400; TL: paeninsula Malayica.
Athyma nivifera Butler, 1879; Trans. linn. Soc. London (Zoology) 1(8): 540, pl.69, fig.4,♂; TL: "Malacca" [Malacca, W.Malaysia].
Pantoporia nefte subrata ♀.form. neftina Fruhstorfer, 1906; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 56(6/7): 413; Loc: 'Selangor, [W.Malaysia]; Singapore; Deli; Padang, [Sumatra]; Nord und Südostborneo'. (IFS)
Pantoporia nefte matthiola Fruhstorfer, 1912; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 634; TL: Nord-Borneo.
Pantoporia nefte subratina Fruhstorfer, 1912; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 634; TL: Sumatra.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Athyma nefte subrata: Pinratana,1979 : 59, figs.N106b♂,♂(Un),♀(f.subrata),♀(f.neftina). (Trang; Yala; Narathiwat)
Athyma nefte subrata: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 61, pl.39, figs.108b♂,♀(f.neftina),♀(f.subrata). (Trang; Satun; Yala)
Athyma nefte subrata: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♂. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Athyma nefte subrata: RDPB & DNP,2006–2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.♀. (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Athyma nefte subrata: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 408, pl.178, figs.N112b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Athyma nefte subrata: Les Day,2011–2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♀. (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2020.09.24)
Athyma nefte subrata: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 418, pl.182, figs.N277b♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Than To)
Athyma nefte subrata: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Yala) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Athyma nefte subrata: Kimura et al.,2016 : 89, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Muang Shone; Kam Puan; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Athyma nefte subrata: Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 58, figs.Abb.N-323–326. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchaburi : 1♂ 1♀ (incl. photo by T.Aoyama).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 3♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by K.Saito).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Surat Thani (Koh Phangan dist.) : 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phuket : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 4♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 6♂ 2♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (200–1,100 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.

Felder, C. & Felder, R, 1860. Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 4(12): 394–402.

Butler, A.G, 1879. The Butterflies of Malacca.
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 1(8): 533–568, pls. 68–69.

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)


Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Athyma nefte subrata ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Athyma nefte subrata ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂ (territorial behaviour), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Athyma nefte subrata ♂
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♂, Yala, Thailand.

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