♂, Yala, Thailand.		♀, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.		♂, Yala, Thailand.

ON : Papilio neptunus Guérin-Méneville, 1840 OD : Revue zool. (Soc. Cuv.) 3(2):43. TL : "Cote Malaye" (♂♀, NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat and Southward), Langkawi, W.Malaysia. ● ssp.manasukkiti ● ssp.neptunus

Papilio thetys Guenee, 1878 : Lep. Mus. Genev. : 10-11, pl.1, fig.5,♀. TL. 'Inde'.

neptunus ; ♂, Type (red), #149290, Pulo Penang. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), #149291, Pulo Penang. (NHML, examined)

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Papilio neptunus neptunus ; Godfrey,1930 : 208. (Songkhla: Ban Prakawp)
Papilio neptunus neptunus ; Godfrey,1932a : 263. (P)
Atrophaneura neptunus neptunus ; Pinratana,1977 : 17, not fig. (P)
Pachliopta neptunus neptunus ; Pinratana & Eliot,1992 : 16,40, not fig. (Trang; Yala)
Atrophaneura neptunus neptunus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 74, pl.8, figs.P19a,♂[♀],♀. ('Khao Phanom Bencha'; Trang; Thale Ban; Than To)
Losaria neptunus neptunus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 117, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ka Chong; Than To WF.)
Losaria neptunus neptunus ; Ek-Amnuay,2012: 74, pl.8, figs.P18a♂,♀. ('Khao Phanom Bencha'; Trang; Thale Ban; Than To)
Losaria neptunus neptunus ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs., Early Stages. (Nakhon Si Thammarat; Yala; Narathiwat) (accessed: 2024.05.20)

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Nakhon Si Thammarat : 2♀ (incl. photo by E.Ikari).

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Satun : 1♀ (photo by E.Ikari).

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The butterfly is not rare in montane primary forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 150 - 970m), and it is often seen flying gently in the dark areas inside the forest. Both sexes visit flowers.
Ek-Amnuay ([2007],2012) recorded ssp.neptunus from Khao Phanom Bencha, Krabi, however it is considered doubtful. Hitherto no one has seen any specimens from Krabi area. Of course, it might be distributed in this region, but we need to confirm which subspecies it is by reliable specimens, because there is a possibility that it is ssp. manasukkiti. Further distributional research is needed.

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

Guenee, M.A.,1878 : Notice sur divers Lepidopteres du Musee de Geneve. I. Notes sur le genre Papilio.
Lep. Mus. Genev. : 1-13, 1 pl.

♂, Yala, Thailand.	♀, Yala, Thailand.
♂, Yala, Thailand.

1996.09.26 - 2024.05.31.