Dodona egeon egeon (Westwood, 1851)

Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Un. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Un. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Un.
♂, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Tak, Thailand.
Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Un. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Up. Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Un.
♀, Tak, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Taxila egeon Westwood, 1851
OD : in Doubleday, Gen. diurn. Lep. (2):422, pl.69, fig.2.
TL : "Nepaul" [Nepal]. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China.
● ssp.egeon
ssp.confluens
Dodona egeon egeon map

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Dodona egeon ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Dodona egeon ; Godfrey,1930 : 305. (N: Doi Chang)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Pinratana,1988 : 41, pl.37, figs.5,♂,♀,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 506, pl.227, figs.R5a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 518, pl.232, figs.L5,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 17, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Chang; Doi Suthep; Doi Phui; Doi Inthanon)
Dodona egeon egeon ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Kamphaeng Phet) (accessed: 2023.05.05)

[ LAOS ]
Dodona egeon egeon ; Masui & Uehara,1995 ; 5, pl.2, figs.8,♀,♀(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.103, figs.♂,♀(Un). (Oudomxay; Xiang Khouang)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Onodera,2009b : 36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Dodona egeon egeon ; Onodera,2022 : 68, pl.199, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun; Phon Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Dodona egeon egeon ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 36, fig.R-3,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 39, fig.R-3,♂. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Callaghan,2009 : 67-68, figs.8,♂,♂(Un),9,♀,♀(Un). (C: Vu Quang / S: Nha Trang)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (N / C)
Dodona egeon egeon ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 15♂ 10♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Loei : 2♂ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Tak : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ LAOS ]
Xiang Khouang : 2♀ (photo by H.Onodeara).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally very common in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 685 - 1800m). Males are territorial on trees.


Literature

Westwood, J.O.,1850-1852 : in Doubleday et al., The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera.
vol.2 : ii + pp.251-534, pls.31-80,54. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.


Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Dodona egeon egeon ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dodona egeon egeon ♀ Dodona egeon egeon ♀
♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dodona egeon egeon ♂ Dodona egeon egeon ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Loei, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2023.05.31.

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