Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)

Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Un. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♀ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♀ Un.
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♀, Pattani, Thailand.
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Un. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♀ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♀ Un.
♂, Ranong, Thailand. ♀, Ranong, Thailand.
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Un. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Up. Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Vanessa eudoxia Guérin-Méneville, 1840
OD : Revue zool. (Soc. Cuv.) 3(2):44.
TL : "la côte Malaye" [W.Malaysia].

Distribution : S.Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
Langkawi, W.Malaysia, {Singapore}.
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia map

Synonym

Rhinopalpa fulva C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 : Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):399-400. TL. "paeninsula Malayica" [W.Malaysia].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Godfrey,1930 : 274. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat: Wat Kiriwong)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Godfrey,1932a : 268. (P)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Pinratana,1979 : 29, figs.N44,♂,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Yala)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 34, pl.16, figs.40,♂,♂(Un). (Kanchanaburi; Ranong; Nakhon Sri Thammarat; Yala)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; RDPB & DNP,2006-2008 : Butterflies in Hala-Bala Forest, fig.[♂](Un). (Narathiwat: Hala Bala) (last update: 2006.12.27 ; accessed: 2024.05.11)
Rhinopalpa polynice polynice ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 372, pl.160, figs.N41,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Kanchanaburi)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Les Day,2011-2022 : Samui Butterflies, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Koh Samui; Koh Phangan) (accessed: 2021.09.18)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 502, pl.224, figs.N389a♂,♂(Un),♀. (Kanchanaburi)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 502, pl.224, figs.N389b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun; Phetchaburi; Yala) (accessed: 2023.04.27)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 60, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Sai York Noi; Ranong; Muang Shone; Khlong Naka; Than To WF.)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Küppers & Janikorn,2020 : 96, not fig. (Phang Nga)

[ LAOS ]
Rhinopalpa polynice (birmana ?) ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 56, pl.52, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng; Phatong; Luang Prabang; Nam Ngum Dam)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Osada, Uemura & Uehara,1999 : 205, pl.52, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Vang Vieng)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 42. (Namdhua)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Onodera,2009b : 34. (Vientiane: Namsong Riverside)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Onodera,2022 : 32, pl.106, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng; Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rhinopalpa polynice f. birmana ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 37. (Annam: Hue / Tonkin / Cochinchine)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Metaye,1957 : 95. (N / C / S)
Rhinopalpa polynice ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 41. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 17, fig.N-28,♂. (Bin Thuan: Dong Tien)
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, fig.N-28,♀. (Lam Dong: Dai Duc Me; Gung Re; Madagui)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 33. (N / C / S)
Rhinopalpa polynice birmana ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):131, pl.30, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀. (N: Xuan Lien / C: Pu Luog; Ben En; A Luoi; Nam Dong; Kon Ka Kinh; Bu Gia Map; Chu Yang Sin; Cat Loc / S: Nam Cat Tien)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nan : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 3♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Kanchanaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchaburi : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Ranong : 4♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Nakhon Si Thammarat : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Trang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Pattani : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Satun : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 30 - 550m) and is frequently found on forest paths and forest edges. Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
There is a view that the Indochinese taxon is ssp.birmana, but on examination of the material, there is no difference to ssp.eudoxa from Malaysia. Therefore, I treat it as ssp.eudoxa.


Literature

Guérin-Méneville, F.E.,1840 : Lepidopteres nouveaux decouverts aux Indes-Orientales par M. Adolphe Delessert.
Revue Zool. (Soc. Cuv.) 3(2):43-44.

Felder, C. & Felder, R.,1860 : Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta diagnosibus instructa.
Wien. ent. Monats. 4(12):394-402.


Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂ Rhinopalpa polynice eudoxia ♂
♂, Nan, Thailand.

2008.02.29 - 2024.05.31.

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