♂, Nan, Thailand.		♀, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Taxila burni [sic] timaeus Fruhstorfer, 1904 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 48(4): 278–279. TL : "Than-Moi, Nord-Tonkin" [Than Moi, Lang Son, N.Vietnam]. (NHML) Distribution : Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

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Abisara burnii burnii: Pinratana,1988 : 42, pl.40, fig.11,♀. (Loei)
'Abisara burnii burnii: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 510, pl.229, figs.R11,♂(Myanmar),♂(Un, Myanmar). [Abisara burnii burnii]'
'Abisara burnii burnii: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 522, pl.234, figs.L11,♂(Myanmar),♂(Un, Myanmar). [Abisara burnii burnii]'
Abisara burnii burnii: Kimura et al.,2014 : 19. (by literature)
Sibosia burnii timaeus: Sophonviwatkul et al.,2026– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Phitsanulok) (accessed: 2026.05.24)

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Abisara burnii burnii: Masui & Uehara,1995 ; 5, pl.2, figs.9,♂,♂(Un). (Saravan)
Abisara burnii burnii: Osada et al.,1999 : 213, pl.104, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Lak Sao; Thateng)
Abisara burnii timaeus: Callaghan,2009 : 77. (E.Laos)
Abisara burnii burnii: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Abisara burnii timaeus: Onodera,2022 : 70, pl.202, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

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Abisara burni [sic] timaeus: Fruhstorfer,1914 : 780. (Tonkin: Than Moi)
Abisara timaeus: Vitalis,1919 : 235. (Tonkin)
Abisara burnii timaeus: Metaye,1957 : 92. (N)
Abisara burnii timaeus: Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 73, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Abisara burnii timaeus: Callaghan,2009 : 77, figs.37,♂,♂(Un),38,♀,♀(Un). (N: Cuc Phuong; C: Kon Cha Rang; S: Nha Trang)
Abisara burnii burnii: Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 25, figs.R-14,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Gung Re)
Abisara burnii timaeus: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N; C)

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Nan : 1♂.

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Houaphan : 2♂.

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Bolikhamxai : 1♂.

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The butterfly is uncommon in forests at moderate to high elevations (1,300–1,700 m a.s.l.).
The populations from Thailand and Laos have been treated as ssp.burnii. However, I consider they should be classified as ssp.timaeus based on their coloration and markings. The specimen shown in Ek-Amnuay ([2007], 2012) is ssp.burnii from Myanmar and is correctly from N.E. Putao, Kachin States, not Shan States.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1904. Verzeichniss der in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nemeobiinae und Libythaeinae und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 48(4): 274–296. (Jan.1904)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 767–784. (14.Apr.1914)

Espeland, M, Hall, P.W.H, DeVries, P.J, Lees, D.C, Cornwall, M, Hsu, Y-F, Wu, L-W, Campbell, D.L, Talavera, G, Vila, R, Salzman, Shayla, Ruehr, S, Lohman, D.J. & Pierce, N.E, 2015.
Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93: 296–306.

Huang, S-Y, Inayoshi, Y. & Espeland, M, 2024. Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae).
Zootaxa, 5512(2): 295–300.

♂, Nan, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2026.05.31.