Delias belladonna yukaae  Nakano, 1993

Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Un Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Un
♂, Nan, Thailand. ♂, Nan, Thailand.
Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up Delias belladonna yukaae ♂ Up
♂ (var.), Nan, Thailand. ♂, Xaignabouli, Laos.

ON : Delias belladonna yukaae Nakano, 1993
OD : An illust. list. Delias World. :11-12, pl.98,
figs.1(HT,♂), 2(PT,♂Un),3(PT,♀),4(PT,♀Un).
TL : Nan, N.Thailand.
Distribution : N.Thailand (Nan), Laos.
ssp.belladonna
● ssp.hedybia
ssp.yukaae
ssp.endoi
Delias belladonna yukaae Map

Type Materials Information

Holotype, ♂, Aug.1990. Nan, N.Thailand. (in coll. S.Nakano)
Paratypes 1♂ 1♀, Nan, N.Thailand. (in coll. S.Nakano ; A.Yagishita)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Delias belladonna yakaae [sic] ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 128, pl.37, figs.Pi7b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Phu Kha)
Delias belladonna yukaae ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 167.
Delias belladonna yukaae ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 130, pl.37, figs.Pi7b♂,♂(Un),♀. (Doi Phu Kha)

[ LAOS ]
Delias belladonna ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, pl.28, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀. (Xam Neua)
Delias belladonna yukaae ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 42.
Delias belladonna yukaae ; Onodera,2022 : 13, pl.57, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Oudomxai; Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : 7♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xaignabouri : 4♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1300 - 2200m). In the 1980s, it was very common to see many of them sucking water along streams in Nan, Thailand, however, recently their numbers have decreased significantly.
The markings of this taxon are highly variable. Further taxonomic study is needed, including numerous specimens from Laos and N.Vietnam.


Literature

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)


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A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.