♂ (dsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (dsf), Xam Neua, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)
♂ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.		♀ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.

ON : Eronia avatar Moore, [1858] OD : in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. East India Co. 1:61, pl.2a, fig.1,♂. TL : N.India ; Darjeeling. (NHML) Distribution : Nepal, Sikkim to Myanmar, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Pareronia avatar f.temp. tarina Fruhstorfer, 1903 : Berl. ent. Z. 48(1/2):101. TL. Sikkim ; Lower Burma. (NHML) (IFS)

avatar ; ♂, Type (red), N.India. (NHML, examined)
tarina ; ♂, Type (red), Mar.-Apr. Sikkim. Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)

[ THAILAND ]
Pareronia avatar ; Nishimura,1996 : 272, figs.17(map),19,22-24(♂genitalia). (Nan: Doi Phu Kha)
Pareronia avatar ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 162, pl.53, figs.Pi41,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Pareronia avatar ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 152.
Pareronia avatar ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 162, pl.53, figs.Pi41,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)
Pareronia avatar ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2017- : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Nan) (accessed: 2022.10.15)

[ LAOS ]
Pareronia avatar ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.3,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Pareronia avatar ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 202, pl.39, figs.♂,♀. (Xam Neua)
Pareronia avatar ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 43.
Pareronia avatar ; Onodera,2022 : 19, pl.73, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Tha)

[ VIETNAM ]
Pareronia avatar ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 17. (N / C)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 1♂ 1♀.

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The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1200 - 1800m). Males form flight paths and fly along them without stopping. Both sexes visit flowers. The females mimic Parantica aglea (Danainae).

Horsfield, T. & Moore, F.,[1858] :
A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. Vol.1.
London. East India Co.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1903 : Neue Pieriden und Uebersicht verwandter Formen.
Berl. ent. Z. 48(1/2):97-111.

Nishimura, M.,1996 : Notes on Pareronia avatar and P.paravatar (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), with a description of a new species from Sumatra.
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 47(4):269-277.

Kaur, M., Kirti, J.S. & Sidhu, A.K.,2023 : Taxonomic revision of Genus Pareronia Bingham, 1907 (Papilionoidea: Pieridae) from India with new stateus for two taxa
J. Entomol. Res. Soc. 25(1):11-22.

Smetacek, P., Cotton, A.M. & Inayoshi, Y.,2023 : Notes on Indian species of Pareronia Bingham, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Bionotes 25(3):10-18.

♀ (wsf), Nan, Thailand.

1996.10.31 - 2023.10.31.