Euthalia evelina vallona (Fruhstorfer, 1913)

Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Up. Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Un. Euthalia evelina vallona ♀ Up. Euthalia evelina vallona ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Up. Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Un. Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Up. Euthalia evelina vallona ♂ Un.
♂, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Dophla evelina vallona Fruhstorfer, 1913
OD : In: Seitz, Gross-Schmetterl. Erde 9: 684–685.
TL : "Kanburi, Siam" [Kanchanaburi, Thailand].
Distribution : Myanmar, W. & N.W.Thailand.
● ssp.vallona
● transition zone of vallona and annamita
● ssp.annamita
● ssp.compta
Euthalia evelina vallona map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia evelina vallona: Godfrey,1930 : 296. (Kanburi)
Euthalia evelina vallona: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 81, not fig. (Chiang Mai) (partim)
Dophla evelina vallona: Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 70, fig.171,♀. (Umphang)
Dophla evelina vallona: Kimura et al.,2016 : 111, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nam Tok 'Kangchanaburi' [Kanchanaburi])


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Mae Hong Son : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Chiang Mai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♀ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (450–700 m a.s.l.).
As mentioned in Euthalia evelina annamita, the population in Chiang Mai area is rather variable. It is generally ssp.anamita, however occasionally individuals closer to ssp.vallona are seen. It seems a transition zone between ssp.vallona and ssp.annamita. The population from Mae Hong Son is tentatively treated as this taxon, but since only one male specimen has been examined, further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

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


Euthalia evelina vallona ♀ Euthalia evelina vallona ♀
♀, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

2007.02.20 - 2022.02.28.

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