Euthalia narayana narayana

Euthalia narayana narayana Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891


♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.

♂, Nan, Thailand.		♂, Phong Saly, Laos.

ON : Euthalia narayana Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891
OD : Rhop. Exot. 1: (Euthalia) 6, pl.2, figs.4,♀, 5,♀(Un).
TL : "Burmah (Ruby Mines)" [Mandalay Region, Myanmar]. (NHML)

Distribution : Sikkim, Assam to Myanmar, S.Yunnan, Thailand, N.Laos.

	● ssp.narayana
	● ssp.dongvanensis
	● ssp.dalatensis

Synonym

Euthalia sahadeva nadaka Fruhstorfer,1913 : In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 682, pl.130c, fig.♂. TL. 'Khasia-Hills, [Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India]; Naga-Hills [Nagaland, NE.India]'. (MNHN)

Type Materials Information

narayana : ♀, Syntype (Type HT), BMNH(E)#807838, Ruby Mines. (NHML) : Yokochi,2010 : 28, pl.17, figs.73a♀, 73b♀(Un).
nadaka : 1♂ 1♀, Syntypes, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Assam (MNHN) : Yokochi,2010 : 28, pl.16, figs.70a♂, 70b♂(Un).

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia sahadeva narayana: Pinratana,1979 : 82, figs.N144,♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum) (partim)
Euthalia narayana: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 80, pl.55, fig.153,♂[♀]. (Chiang Mai; Chaiyaphum) (partim)
Bassarona sahadeva narayana: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 450, pl.199, figs.N161,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Huey Tone) (partim)
Euthalia sahadeva narayana: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 462, pl.204, figs.N327,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Huey Tone; Doi Phu Kha) (partim)
Euthalia narayana narayana: Kimura et al.,2016 : 110. (by literature)
Euthalia narayana narayana: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2019– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chaiyaphum) (accessed: 2024.05.13)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia sahadeva: Masui & Uehara,1994 : 5, fig.16,♀. (Xiang Khouang)
Euthalia sahadeva narayana: Osada et al.,1999 : 207, pl.66, figs.♂,♀. (Xiang Khouang; Xam Neua)
Euthalia sahadeva: Masui & Uehara,2004 : 29, 27, figs.8a♂,8b♀. (Xam Neua)
Euthalia narayana narayana: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia narayana narayana: Nakamura,2017 : 8, figs.7E♂.7F♂(Un). (Phongsali; Oudomxay; Houa Phan; Xieng Khouang)
Euthalia narayana narayana: Onodera,2022 : 44, pl.130, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 3♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Phong Saly : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (1,000–1,400 m a.s.l.).
I tentatively treat all populations in Thailand as the nominotypical subspecies. Further distributional and taxonomic studies are needed.

Literature

Grose-Smith, H.G. & Kirby, W.F, 1891. Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies.
Gurney & Jackson, London, 1: 5–10, pls. 2–3 (Euthalia). (1891)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1913 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 681–688. (25.Jan.1913)

Yokochi, T, 2010. Revision of the Subgenus Limbusa Moore, [1897] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Adoliadini).
Part 1. Systematic arranement and taxonomic list.
Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History. Series A, Natural History, 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).
Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History. Series A, Natural History, 9: 9–106.

Nakamura, N, 2017. Notes on the butterflies of Laos (XI): New findings on the genus Euthalia Hübner, [1819] (Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of E.apex Tsukada, 1991.
Butterflies, 75: 4–9.

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