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 ; Sumatra.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Phetchaburi and Southward), Langkawi,
W.Malaysia, Aur, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Banjak,
Belitung, Laut, Sulu.
● ssp.asita
ssp.subrata
Athyma nefte subrata Map

Synonyms

Athyma urvasi Felder & Felder, 1860 : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):400. TL. Malay Pen.
Athyma nivifera Butler, 1879 : Trans. linn. Soc. Lond.,(2)Zool. 1(8):540, pl.69, fig.4,♂. TL. Malacca.
Pantoporia nefte subrata ♀.form.neftina Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 56(6/7):413. TL. Selangor ; Singapore ; Deli ; Padang ; Borneo.
Pantoporia nefte matthiola Fruhstorfer, 1912 : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9:634. TL. N.Borneo.
Pantoporia nefte subratina Fruhstorfer, 1912 : in Seitz, Grossschmett 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 ; 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 ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,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 montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 200 - 1100m). 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.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1858(26):3-20, Annulosa pls. 49-51.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.

Butler, A.G.,[1879] : The Butterflies of Malacca.
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond., (2)Zool. 1(8):533-568, pl.68,69.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 : Historisches und Morphologisches uber das Genus Athyma und dessen Verwandte.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56(6/7):384-434, 8 figs.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 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 behavior), Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Athyma nefte subrata ♂ Athyma nefte subrata ♂
♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama) ♂, Yala, Thailand.

2006.03.10 - 2023.09.30.

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