Euthalia khambounei  Uehara & Yokochi, 2001

Euthalia khambounei ♂ Up. Euthalia khambounei ♂ Un. Euthalia khambounei ♀ Up. Euthalia khambounei ♀ Un.
♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Dak Lak, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Euthalia khambounei ♂ Up. Euthalia khambounei ♂ Un. Euthalia khambounei ♂ Up. Euthalia khambounei ♂ Un.
♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. ♂, 2009.05.19. Nan, Thailand.

ON : Euthalia (Limbusa) khambounei Uehara & Yokochi, 2001
OD : Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 52(4):237-240, figs.1(HT,♂),
2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un), 15(♂genitalia).
TL : Xamneua, Laos.
Distribution : N.Thailand (Nan), Laos, Vietnam, N.Yunnan.
Euthalia khambounei map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 31.May.1999. Xamneua, Laos. (in coll. J.Uehara)
Paratypes : 10♂ 8♀, Xamneua, Laos. (in coll. T.Yokochi ; J.Uehara) ; 1♂, Tonkin, N.Vietnam. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia khambounei khambounei ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 32, figs.37,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia khambounei ; Masui & Uehara,2004 : 29, figs.13a♂,13b♀. (Xam Neua)
Euthalia khambounei khambounei ; Nakamura et al.,2010 : 24, fig.9♂,♂(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Euthalia khambounei ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46, pl.5, fig.Ny-139,♂,♂(Un). (Phou SamSoum)
Euthalia khambounei ; Onodera,2022 : 45, pl.132, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiangkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia khambounei ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 41, pl.11, figs.43a(HT,♂,Laos),43b(HT,♂Un,Laos). (N)
Euthalia khambounei khambounei ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 32, figs.38,♂,♂(Un),39,♀,♀(Un). (C: Ngoc Linh; Dak Lak)
Euthalia khambounei ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):135, pl.72, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien / C: Ngoc Linh; Chu Yang Sin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : Pua dist., 2009.05.19. 1♂ K.Phongpiyamit (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ngoc Linh : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Dak Lak : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This is the first record from Thailand. Hitherto, only one male specimen is known. It was obtained by Kitti Phongpiyamit on 19 May 2009 in Nan Province.
The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate elevations (Alt. 1300 - 1700m) in Laos and Vietnam.


Literature

Uehara, J. & Yokochi, T.,2001 : Two new species of Euthalia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from northern Laos and northern Vietnam.
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 52(4):237-244, 17 figs.

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.


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