♂ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀ (ds), Nan, Thailand.
♂ (ds), Tak, Thailand.		♀ (ds), Tak, Thailand.
♂ (ds), Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂ genitalia, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Abisara kausambi paionea Fruhstorfer, 1914 OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:782. TL : "Karen Hills, Burma" [Kayah State, Myanmar]. (NHML) Distribution : Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. ● ssp.paionea ● transition zone of echerius and paionea ● ssp.echerius

Abisara echerius notha Bennett, 1950 : Entomologist 83(1):6. TL. 'Chiem Hoa, C.Tonkin [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam]; Phuc-Son, Annam [C.Vietnam]'. (NHML)

[ THAILAND ]
Abisara meta siamensis ; Godfrey,1916 : 134. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chonburi: Hup Bon)
Abisara echerius siamensis ; Godfrey,1927 : 125. (N)
Abisara echerius siamensis ; Godfrey,1930 : 306. (Prae: Me Song forest; Chiang Mai; Chonburi: Sriracha)
Abisara kausambi paionea ; Davidson & Macbeth,1938 : 78. (N: Koon Tarn)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Bennett,1950 : 3-4. (W.Siam)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Pinratana,1988 : 42, pl.38, figs.12,♂(dsf),♀(dsf),♀(wsf),♀(wsf),♀(wsf,Un) ; pl.39, fig.12,♂(wsf),♂(wsf,Un). (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Ratchasima; Chanthaburi)
Abisara echerius notha ; Yamaguchi & Aoki,2002 : 31, fig.87,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Phu Chong Na Yoi; Kaeng E-Keow)
Abisara bifasciata angulata ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 512, pl.230, figs.R15a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 522, pl.234, figs.L12a♂(Un),♀,♀(Un) (in part). (Chiang Mai; Doi Phu Kha; Khao Soi Dao)
'Abisara echerius notha ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 522, pl.233, figs.L12b♂,♂(Un) (Laos),♀(Laos).'
Abisara geza niya ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.235, figs.L14,♀,♀(Un). (in part)
Abisara bifasciata angulata ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : pl.235, figs.L15a♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 20, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Phui; Doi Suthep; Ban Salock; Wan Nam Khiewo; Kao Soi Dao; Kratchin WF; Pliewn WF.)

[ LAOS ]
Abisara echerius ssp. ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 67, pl.97, figs.3,♀,4,♀(Un). (no loc.)
Abisara echerius ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 213, pl.104, figs.♂(dsf),♂(dsf.Un),♀(dsf),♂,♂(Un),♀. (Lak Sao; Vientiane; Xiang Khouang; Thakhek)
Abisara echerius ssp. ; Nimura & Wakahara,2005 : 45. (Thabok; Namdhua; Thabeng; Thakhek; Lak Sao)
Abisara echerius notha ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50.
Abisara echerius notha ; Onodera,2022 : 69 [as Abisara echerius paionea], pl.200, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phon Kham; Bolikhamxai: Phon Si)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Abisara echerius paionea ; Kosterin,2019 : 91, fig.8,♀. (Koh Kong; Kep)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 119. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Abisara echerius notha ; Bennett,1950 : 6. (C.Tonkin: Chiem Hoa / Annam: Phuc Son)
Abisara echerius notha ; Inoué & Kawazoé,1965 : 321, pl.1, figs.7,♀,8,♀(Un). (Bu Dang, Song Be)
Abisara echerius ; Vu,2003 : 57. (Phu Quoc)
Abisara echerius ; Luong et al.,2004 : 8, 73, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Abisara echerius ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 42. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong; A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien; Bach Ma)
Abisara echerius notha ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 36, figs.R-5,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Gung Re)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Callaghan,2009 : 71, figs.23,♂,♂(Un),24,♀,♀(Un). (N: Chiem Hoa; Hoa Binh; Tam Dao / C: Ba Na; Kon Ka Kinh; Phong Dien; Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh / S: Bha Trang; Bao Dam)
Abisara echerius paionea ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N / C / S)

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 9♂ 2♀ (incl. photo), (3♂ genitalia dissected).

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Lampang : 1♂ (photo by T.Laola).

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Nan : 1♂ 1♀.

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Tak : 1♂ 1♀.

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Xieng Khouang : 1♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

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The butterfly is not rare in montane forests at low to high elevations (Alt. 350 - 1600m). Males are territorial on shrubs or trees at hilltops. This species is sympatric with A.abnormis, A.bifasciata, A.latifasciata and A.saturata, depending on its habitat.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1914 : 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
767-784. (14.Apr.1914)

Bennett, N.H.,1950 : A Revision of the echerius group of the Genus Abisara Felder (Rhop. Riodinidae).
Entomologist 83(1):1-9, (2):34-42.

Callaghan, C.J.,2009 : The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera).
J. Lep. Soc. 63(2):61-82. 64 figs.

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2024.03.31.