Auzakia danava danava (Moore, [1858])

Auzakia danava danava ♂ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Un. Auzakia danava danava ♀ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀ (ws), Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Auzakia danava danava ♂ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Un. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Un.
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♂ (ws), Nan, Thailand.
Auzakia danava danava ♂ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Un. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Up. Auzakia danava danava ♂ Un.
♂ (ds), Tak, Thailand. ♂ (ds), Sekong, Laos.

ON : Limenitis danava Moore, [1858]
OD : in: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Co. 1:180-181, pl.6a, figs.2,♂,♀.
TL : Darjeeling; N.India.
Distribution : Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, N. to C.Vietnam, SE.Tibet, Yunnan.
● ssp.danava
ssp.yokochii
danava map

Synonym

Limenitis brunnea Tytler, 1940 : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:116. TL. Konglu; Hthawgaw, "N.-E.Burma" [NE.Myanmar].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Limenitis danava ; Pinratana,1979 : 61, figs.N108,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Auzakia danava danava ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 65, pl.41, fig.117,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Auzakia danava danava ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 414, pl.181, figs.N122,♂,♂(Un),♀[♂]. (Chiang Mai; Nan)
Auzakia danava danava ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 424, pl.185, figs.N288,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai; Nan)
Auzakia danava brunnea ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.06.14)
Auzakia danava danava ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 94, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Limenitis danava ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Laos)
Limenitis danava f. danava ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 42. (Ban-Ta-Oui)
Auzakia danava danava ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19, figs.4,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Auzakia danava danava ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.62, figs.♂,♂. (Xiang Khouang; Xam Neua)
Auzakia danava danava ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46, pl.4, figs.Ny-108,♀,♀(Un). (Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Limenitis danava ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Limenitis danava f. danava ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 42. (Tonkin: Chapa)
Limenitis danava danava ; Metaye,1957 : 97. (N)
Auzakia danava ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Mt.Pia Oac)
Auzakia danava danava ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 39. (N) (in part)
Auzakia danava danava ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):97-98. (N: Hoang Lien; Van Ban; Tam Dao / C: Vu Quang) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 16♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 12♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 2♂ (incl. photo by K.Saito).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIENTAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1000 - 1700m).


Literature

Moore, F.,[1858] : in: Horsfield & Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
London, W.H. Allen and Co. v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Tytler, H.,1940 : Notes on Some New and Interesting Butterflies chiefly from Burma. Part.2.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42:109-123.


Auzakia danava danava ♂ Auzakia danava danava ♂
♂ (ds), Tak, Thailand.
Auzakia danava danava ♂ Auzakia danava danava ♂
♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand. ♂ (ds), Nan, Thailand.

2007.03.10 - 2023.06.30.

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