Delias agoranis

Delias agoranis Grose-Smith, 1887


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Delias agoranis Grose-Smith, 1887
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:266.
TL : "Burmah, Siamese frontier"
[Tounggya Sekkan, Tanintharyi, Myanmar].

Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Delias agoranis ; Godfrey,1930 : 221. (Prae: Me Song forest)
Delias agoranis ; Pinratana,1983 : 6, pl.4, figs.5,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Uthai Thani)
Delias agoranis ; Yagishita et al.,1993 : 3, pl.1, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀(Un),♀(Un) (Chiang Rai; Chiang Mai; Chiang Dao; Fang)
Delias agoranis ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 128, pl.36, figs.Pi5,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phu Kha)
Delias agoranis ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 165, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)
Delias agoranis ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 128, pl.36, figs.Pi5,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Pha Hom Pok; Doi Phu Kha)
Delias agoranis ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2023- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.03.29)

[ LAOS ]
Delias agoranis ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, not fig. (list only)
Delias agoranis ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 42.

[ VIETNAM ]
Delias agoranis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 81. (Nghe An: Pu Mat)
Delias agoranis ; Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 21, figs.Pi-38,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Delias agoranis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 15. (C: Nghe An to Lam Dong)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 11♂ 1♀ (incl. photo and photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nan : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Kamphaeng Phet : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Xieng Khouang : Phou Samsoum. 2012.07.03. 1♂ (photo by K.Phongpiyamit).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 400 - 1400m) and is frequently found at hilltops. Males form flight paths and fly higher and faster than other sympatric Delias species (descombesi and hyparete).
The reliable record from Laos is known a male specimen shown below. It is obtained by Kitti Phongpiyamit on 3.Jul.2012 at Phou Samsoum, Xieng Khouang.

Literature

Grose-Smith, H.,1887 : Descriptions of eight new Species of Asiatic Butterflies.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)20:265-268.

Adamson, C.H.E.,1905 : Catalogue of butterflies collected in Burmah. Part 2.
Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. N. D. NT. (n.s.) 3:116-148.

Yagishita, A., Nakano, S. & Morita, S.,1993 : An Illustrated List of the Genus Delias Hübner of the World.
409 pls, 384 pp, Khepera Publishers, Tokyo. (in Japanese)


♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Xieng Khouang, Laos. (photo by K.Phongpiyamit) (The photo was taken with a dead specimen on a leaf.)

1996.10.31 - 2024.07.31.