Euthalia teuta teuta (Doubleday, [1848])

Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Un. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀ (ds), Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Un. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Un. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Un. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Un.
♂ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Un. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Up. Euthalia teuta teuta ♀ Un.
♂ (ds), Chaiyaphum, Thailand. ♀ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand.

ON : Adolias teuta Doubleday, [1848]
OD : Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl.44, fig.2,♂.
TL : "Sylhet" [southern Khasi Hills, India ; north of Sylhet, Bangladesh]. (NHML)
Distribution : Assam, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
● ssp.teuta
● ssp.affinis
● ssp.anh
● ssp.goodrichi
● ssp.rayana
Euthalia teuta teuta map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia teuta teuta: Fruhstorfer,1913 : 680. (Siam)
'Euthalia teuta teuta: Godfrey,1916 : 131.'
'Euthalia teuta teuta: Godfrey,1930 : 294. (Prae: Me Song forest) (partim)'
'Euthalia bellata gupta: Godfrey,1930 : 295. (Prae: Me Song forest) (partim)'
Euthalia teuta gupta: Pinratana,1979 : 80. (Chaiyaphum) (partim)
Euthalia teuta teuta: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 81, pl.57, figs.155b♂,♀. (Chaiyaphum)
Bassarona teuta teuta: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 454, pl.201, figs.N164a♂,♀. (Phu Khieo)
Euthalia teuta teuta: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 466, pl.206, figs.N330a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Phu Khieo; Mae Hong Son)
Bassarona teuta teuta: Kimura et al.,2016 : 112, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phu Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Bassarona teuta ssp.: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 60, pl.71, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un),3,♀,4,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Euthalia teuta ira: Osada et al.,1999 : 207, pl.68, figs.♂,♀. (Vang Vieng; Vientiane)
Euthalia teuta ira: Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Thakhek)
Euthalia teuta teuta: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia teuta teuta: Onodera,2022 : 45, pl.133, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng; Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia teuta: Lemée,1950 : 15. (Hagiang)
Euthalia teuta: Metaye,1958b : 176. (Dong Nai: Ben Nom; Hagiang)
Bassarona teuta: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 32, fig.N-97,♂. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Bassarona teuta teuta: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, fig.N-97,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Bassarona teuta teuta: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 41. (N; C; S)
Bassarona teuta teuta: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):145, pl.78, figs.1a♂,1b♀. (N: Na Hang; Ba Be; C: Phong Nha-Ke Bang; Kon Ka Kinh; S: Cat Tien; La Nga)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 11♂ 11♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 6♂ 4♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chaiyaphum : 3♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at moderate elevations (500–1,000 m a.s.l.) and frequently comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground.
The records of Godfrey (1916, 1930) from 'Prae [Phrae]' are doubtful. I have not seen any specimens from this area, therefore I have excluded it from the distribution map.
I treat the populations of Mae Hong Son and Phetchabun-Chaiyaphum as the same taxon. However, the distribution pattern is somewhat strange. It has isolated distribution in northwestern and central-northern part of the country. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.


Literature

Doubleday, E, [1848]. The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus.
Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's, Lodon, 2: pls.43–44. ([9.Dec.1848])

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


Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Euthalia teuta teuta ♀
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Euthalia teuta teuta ♀
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♀, Mae Hong Son, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Euthalia teuta teuta ♀
♂ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀ (ds), Chaiyaphum, Thailand.
Euthalia teuta teuta ♂ Euthalia teuta teuta ♀
♂ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀ (ws), Phetchabun, Thailand.

2007.02.20 - 2024.11.30.

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