Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1913
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Un. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Rai, Thailand. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Chiang Rai, Thailand. (photo by T.Yokochi)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Un. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Un.
♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ Un. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Up. Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♀ Un.
♂, 1997.03.30. Oudomxai, Laos. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ genitalia Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia (Left: whole ; Right: juxta).

ON : Euthalia anosia saitaphernes Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 674.
TL : Sikkim. (NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim, N.Myanmar, Yunnan, N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam.
● ssp.saitaphernes
● ssp.tamamitsui
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes map
Type Material Information

Syntype 1♂, Darjeeling, India. (NHML, examined) ; Saito & Inayoshi,2009 : figs.5,♂,♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Saito & Inayoshi,2009 : 16, figs.9,♀,♀(Un). (Wiang Pa Pao; Wang Chin)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Saito & Inayoshi,2009 : 16, figs.7,♂,♂(Un),8,♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xam Neua; Pooshyan)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46, pl.4, figs.Ny-125,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (near Muang Kham; near Phonsavan)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Onodera,2022 : 43, pl.125, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xiengkhouang: Phon Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 39. (N: Lai Chau)
Euthalia saitaphernes tamamitsui: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 39. (N) (partim)
Euthalia saitaphernes saitaphernes: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):114–115. (N: Hoa Binh)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Rai : 3♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phrae : Wang Chin, 1995.03.--. 1♀, LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Oudomxai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Houaphan : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The butterfly is rather localized and uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (800–1,200 m a.s.l.).

The difference between anosia and saitaphernes. (Upperside of the hindwing)
anosia ♂ Up. anosia ♀ Up. saitaphernes ♂ Up. saitaphernes ♀ Up.
anosia ♂ anosia ♀ saitaphernes ♂ saitaphernes ♀

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H, 1913. 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 665–680. (13.Jan.1913)

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y, 2009. Notes on Euthalia anosia and its allies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitinae).
Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 53: 11–19.

2010.04.15 - 2023.02.28.
A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.