Lexias albopunctata borealis Hanafusa, 1990

Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Un. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Up. Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀ Un.
♂, Xaignabouri, Laos. ♀, Xaignabouri, Laos.

ON : Lexias albopunctata borealis Hanafusa, 1990
OD : Futao 5:13, pl.2, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀).
TL : Nan, N.Thailand.
Distribution : N.Thailand (Nan), Laos.
● ssp.albopunctata
● ssp.borealis
Lexias albopunctata borealis map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.Mar.1989, Nan. N.Thailand. (in coll. H. Hanafusa)
Paratypes : 4♂ 5♀, same locality as holotype.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Lexias cyanipardus borealis: Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 84, pl.62, figs.160c♂,♀. (Nan)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 462, pl.205, figs.N170b♂,♀. (Doi Phu Kha)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 474, pl.211, figs.N337b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Phu Kha)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Kimura et al.,2016 : 116, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Nan dist; Doi Phu Kha)

[ LAOS ]
Lexias albopunctata ssp.: Motono & Negishi,1989 : 61, pl.73, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un),5,♀,6,♀(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Osada et al.,1999 : 208, pl.70, figs.♂,♂,♀. (Vang Vieng; Xaignabouri)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 43. (Namdhua)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Onodera,2009b : 43. (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Lexias albopunctata borealis: Onodera,2022 : 47, pl.137, figs.♂,♂(Un), pl.138, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Bolikhamxai: Phon Si; Khammouan: Nahin)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 10♂ 10♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xaignabouri : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in forests at low to moderate elevations (430–1,300 m a.s.l.). Both sexes frequently comes to rotten fruits that has fallen to the ground and to tree flowers. Males are occasionally observed mud-puddling along stream banks and at puddles.


Literature

Hanafusa, H, 1990. Four New Subspecies of Nymphalid Butterflies from Indonesia and Thailand.
Futao, 5: 12–13, pl. 2.


Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♀
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♀, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂ with Thauria lathy, Nan, Thailand.
Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂ Lexias albopunctata borealis ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

2007.03.31 - 2024.05.31.

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