♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Houaphan, Laos.		♂, Houaphan, Laos.

ON : Euthalia nara shania Evans, 1924 OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29(4):905. TL : Shan States. (♂♀, NHML) Distribution : Naga Hills, Manipur, Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China. ● ssp.shania ● ssp.kalawrica

Euthalia nara nagaensis Tytler, 1940 : J. Bombay nat Hist. Soc. 42(1):114. TL. Naga Hills ; Manipur. (♂♀, NHML ; OXUM)

shania : Syntypes 2♂ 1♀, Loimwe, Shan States. (NHML) ; Yokochi,2010 : 30, figs.88a♂, 88b♂(Un).
nagaensis : Syntypes 2♂ 3♀, Jakama, Naga Hills. (NHML ; OXUM) ; Yokochi,2010 : 28, figs.71a♂, 71b♂(Un).

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Euthalia nara shania ; Pinratana,1979 : 81, figs.N142,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Euthalia nara shania ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 80, pl.55, figs.151,♂,♀. (Chiang Mai)
Bassarona nara shania ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 448, pl.198, figs.N158,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pui)
Euthalia nara shania ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 458, pl.202, figs.N324a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Suthep-Pui)
Euthalia nara shania ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2021.11.23)
Euthalia nara ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 110, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Suthep; Doi Inthanon)

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Euthalia nara shania ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.66, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomsay; Xiang Khouang)
Euthalia nara ; Masui & Uehara,2004 : 24, figs.2a♂,2b♀. (Xam Neua; Oudomxay; Boun Neua; Phong Saly)
Bassarona nara shania ; Onodera,2009b : 38, figs.27,♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Phu Phan)
Euthalia nara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia nara ; Onodera,2022 : 44, pl.129, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Houaphan: Xam Neua)

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Euthalia nara nara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 40. (N / C)
Euthalia nara ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):125, pl.67, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀,1d♀(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Yen Bai; Tam Dao / C: Pu Huong; Ngoc Linh; Kon Tum)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai (excluding Omkoi dist.) : 12♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 1800m). Males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. In N.Thailand it was common in the 1980's, but it is uncommon now.
Yokochi,2011 synonymized all taxa of nara with the nominotypical subspecies. However, it is possible that there are at least two intermingled strains of nara. These are the nara strain: nara - (anyte ?) - kalawrica and the shania strain: shania and nagaensis. I suspect that they are different species. I tentatively treat them as subspecies of nara and follow the conventional classification, but the classification of nara needs to be reviewed in the future, including DNA analysis.

Evans, W.H.,1924 : The identification of Indian butterflies, Part.IV.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29(4):890-907, 5 pls.

Tytler, H.,1940 : Notes on Some New and Interesting Butterflies chiefly from Burma. Part.2.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 42(1):109-123.

Yokochi, T.,2010 : Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore,[1897] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini)
Part 1. Systematic arranement and taxonomic list.
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist. ser.A, 8:19-67.

Yokochi, T.,2011 : Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore,[1897] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini)
Part 2. Group division and descriptions of species (1).
Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist. ser.A, 9:9-106.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.02.20 - 2023.03.31.