♂, Satun, Thailand.		♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand.		♀, Trang, Thailand.
♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Adolias asoka C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867 OD : Reise öst. Fregatte Novara. Zool. Theil(3):433, pl.58, fig.1,♀. TL : 'Malacca Interior [W.Malaysia]; Borneo' [W.Malaysia]. Distribution : W. to P.Thailand, Langkawi, W.Malaysia.

Felderia asoka jordani Fruhstorfer, 1896 : Soc. ent. 10(22):169. TL. "Malacca" [Malacca, W.Malaysia].
Cynitia godartii picturatus Tsukada, 1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. 5:348,546, pl.49, figs.9(PT,♀), 10(PT,♂Un), 11(HT,♂), 12(PT,♀Un). TL. Ranong, S.Thailand. (in coll. E.Tsukada)

picturatus ;
Holotype ♂, Feb.1984. Ranong, P.Thailand. (in coll. E.Tsukada)
Paratypes 1♀, Jan.1988. Khao Poata, P.Thailand ; 1♀, Mar.1990. Ranong, P.Thailand.

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Euthalia godartii asoka ; Godfrey,1930 : 290. (Surat Thani)
Euthalia godartii asoka ; Godfrey,1932a : 269. (P)
Euthalia godartii asoka ; Pinratana,1979 : 70, figs.N121,♂,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Tanaecia godartii asoka ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 72, pl.47, figs.132,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Trang)
Tanaecia godartii asoka ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 426, pl.187, figs.N137,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi; Trang; Ranong)
Cynitia godartii asoka ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 436, pl.191, figs.N303,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Krabi; Trang; Ranong)
Cynitia godartii asoka ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 102, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tenasserim; Kam Puan; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Kao Luang; Ka Chong; Thaleban; Than To WF.)
Cynitia godartii asoka ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 63-64, figs.Abb.N-375-380. (Phang Nga)

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 700m). Males are territorial on shrubs or undergrowth.
Tsukada,1991 described ssp.picturatus from Ranong, however, the taxon is highly variable and is considered to be a synonym of ssp.asoka.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,[1865]-1874 : Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair.
Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Lepidoptera. Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn.
(1):[4] + 1-136, pls. 1-21 ([12 January 1865]) ; (2):[2] + 137-378, pls. 22-47 ([after October] 1865) ; (3):[2] + 379-536, pls.48-74 ([25 April] 1867) ; (4):[6] + 1-9 [explanation of plates] ([31 December] 1874)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1896 : Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem malayischen Archipel.
Soc. ent. 10(22):169. (15.Feb.1896)

Tsukada, E.,1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V, Nymphalidae (II).
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576pp.(238 col. pls.) (in Japanese)

Eliot, J.N. & Kirton, L.G.,2000 : Revisional notes and nomenclatural changes of some Peninsular Malaysian butterflies
Malay. nat. J. 54(2):131-145.

♀, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

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