Euthalia alpheda yamuna  Fruhstorfer, 1906

Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Un.
♂, Pattani, Thailand. ♂, Pattani, Thailand.
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Un. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Up. Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Un.
♂, Pattanii, Thailand. ♂, Satun, Thailand.

ON : Euthalia alpheda yamuna Fruhstorfer, 1906
OD : Ins. Börse 23(5):19.
TL : Malay Pen.
Distribution : P.Thailand (Ranong and Southward),
W.Malaysia.
● ssp.verena
ssp.yamuna
ssp.langkawica
Euthalia alpheda yamuna map

Synonym

Euthalia alpheda keda Pendlebury, 1939 : J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(3):390. TL.Kedah, Malay Pen. (♂, NHML) (partim)


Type Material Information

keda ; Holotype ♂, 14.Mar.1928. Kedah Peak. H.M.Pendlebury (MNHN)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia alpheda keda ; Pinratana,1979 : 74, figs.N126b♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Yala)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Pinratana,1979 : 74, 73, fig.N126c♂ ; 74, figs.N126c♀,♀(Un). (Yala)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 436, pl.192, figs.N143b♂(left),♂(left,Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala) (in part)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 446, pl.196, figs.N309b♂(left),♂(left,Un),♀,♀(Un). (Yala) (in part)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 104, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khlong Naka)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 65-66, fig.Abb.N-418. (Phang Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Pattani : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 3♂ 2♀ (photo by S.Atdhabhan).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 900m).
According to Eliot,1980, Pendlebury,1939 described ssp.keda from the male holotype from Kedah Peak and the female allotype from Langkawi Is., which belong to two different taxa. He therefore considered ssp.keda to be synonymous with ssp.yamuna and described ssp.langkawica for the Langkawi population.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 : Neue Euthaliidae.
Ins. Börse 23(5):18-19.

Pendlebury, H.M.,1939 : Notes on some new or little-known Malaysian Butterflies
J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 18(3):380-394, pl.6.

Eliot, J.N.,1980 : New Information on the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula.
Malay. Nat. J. 33(3/4):137-155.


Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♀
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♀ with E.monina, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)
Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂ Euthalia alpheda yamuna ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan) ♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by S.Atdhabhan)

2007.02.10 - 2023.09.30.

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