♂, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
♂, Trat, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Catophaga adamsoni Moore,1905 OD : Lep. Ind. 7(73):4-6, pl.551, figs.2, 2a-e. TL : "Thoungying Valley, Upper Tenasserim; Dounat Range; Muong Gnow, Shan States; Rangoon; Hlaingbeoo Arrakan, Arrakan", [Myanmar]. (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Langkawi. ● ssp.adamsoni ● ssp.griseoides ● ssp.distanti

Appias melania pseudoleis Fruhstorfer, 1910 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:155, pl.61a. TL. "Siam" [Muok Lek ; Hin Lap, Saraburi, Thailand]. (NHML)

adamsoni ;
♂, Type HT (red), Thoungyin V. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type AT (red), Dawnat R. (NHML, examined)
pseudoleis ;
♂, Type, Januar. Muok-lek. H.Fruhftorfer (NHML, examined)
♀, Type, Januar. Hinlap. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Appias melania pseudoleis ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 155. (Siam)
Appias melania pseudoleis ; Godfrey,1916 : 115. (Chonburi: Sriracha)
Appias melania pseudoleis ; Godfrey,1930 : 227. (Chonburi: Sriracha)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Pinratana,1983 : 18, pl.14, fig.30a♂. (Bangkok; Chanthaburi; Chonburi; Nan; Kanchanaburi; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nonthaburi; Nakhon Nayok; Prachuap Khiri Khan; Saraburi; Uthai Thani)
Appias albina darada ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : pl.47, figs.Pi31a(bottom)♀,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 152, pl.48, figs.Pi32a♂,♂(Un). (Pak Chong; Trok Nong WF; Chiang Mai)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Yata et al.,2010 : 795, fig.20-L♂(Ban Takum). (Thailand)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 157, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Sarika; Nakohn Nayok; Kratching WF; Pliewn WF; Kao Soi Dao)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 152, pl.48, figs.Pi32a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀,♀(Un). (Pak Chong; Trok Nong WF; Doi Inthanon)
Appias paulina admsoni ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Sa Kaeo; Nakhon Ratchasima) (accessed: 2024.04.13)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Chaianunporn & Chaianunporn,2019 : 87. (Chaiyaphum: Chulabhorn Dam)

[ LAOS ]
Appias melania f. adamsoni ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 21. (Laos)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 50, pl.22, figs.5,♂,6,♂(Un). (Tha Ngone)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202. (list only)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Yata et al.,2010 : 795. (Laos)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 42.
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Onodera,2022 : 17, pl.66, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Khammouan: 'Lak Sao' [Lak Kao, near Thakhek])

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Appias pseudoleis ; Vitalis,1919 : 219. (Cambodge)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Yata et al.,2010 : 795. (Cambodia)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 114. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Catophaga paulina ; Joannis,1901 : 330. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Appias melania adamsoni ; Fruhstorfer,1910 : 155. (Tonkin)
Appias adamsoni ; Vitalis,1919 : 219. (Tonkin)
Appias melania f. adamsoni ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 21. (Annam / Tonkin)
Appias adamsoni ; Lemée,1950 : 5. (Hagiang)
Appias melania adamsoni ; Metaye,1957 : 86. (N / C)
Appias melania adamsoni ; Metaye,1958b : 174. (Foret de Bao Liet; Foret de Dinh Quan; Trang Bom)
Appias paulina ; Luong et al.,2004 : 2. (Cuc Phuong)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006 : 11, fig.Pi-14,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 37, fig.Pi-14,♂. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Yata et al.,2010 : 795. (Vietnam)
Appias paulina adamsoni ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 17. (N / C / S)

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Chiang Mai : 2♂ (photo).

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The butterfly is locally common in secondary and montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 10 - 900m). Both sexes visit flowers, and males frequently come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water.
This taxon is highly variable with individual and seasonal variation, and females are polymorphic. The differences between ssp.adamsoni and ssp.distanti are not so notable, and considering the range of variation between the two subspecies, these are likely to be indistinguishable as D'Abrera,1982 and Kimura et al. (2014) pointed out. I tentatively followed the conventional classification here, but further taxonomic study is needed.

Moore, F.,1905-1907 : Lepidoptera Indica. Vol.7.
Rhopalocera. Family Papilionidae. (Sub-Family Pierinae (continued). Family Lycaenidae. Sub-Families Gerydinae, Lycaenopsinae and Everinae).
L.Reeve & Co., London.

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.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : 2. Familie: Pieridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
153-168. (2.Apr.1910)

D'Abrera, B.,1982 : Butterflies of the Oriental Region Part 1 Papilionidae, Pieridae & Danaidae
xxi + 244pp, Hill House, Australia.

Yata, O., Chainey, J.E. & Vane-Wright, R.I.,2010 :
The Golden and Mariana albatrosses, new species of pierid butterflies, with a review of subgenus Appias (Catophaga) (Lepidoptera)
Syst. Entomol. 35(4):764-800.

♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.	♂, Trat, Thailand.
♂, Trat, Thailand.

1996.10.31 - 2024.04.30.