Elymnias nesaea apelles

Elymnias nesaea apelles Fruhstorfer, 1902


♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand.		♀, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

ON : Elymnias lais apelles Fruhstorfer, 1902
OD : Soc. ent. 16(22): 169–170.
TL : not stated. [Bangkok, Thailand]. (NHML)

Distribution : S.E. & E.Thailand, Cambodia, S.Vietnam.

	● ssp.timandra
	● ssp.apelles
	● ssp.lioneli

Type Material Information

♂, Type (red), Jan.1901, Bangkok, Siam. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Fruhstorfer,1911 : 379. (Bangkok)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Godfrey,1916 : 123. (Bangkok)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Godfrey,1930 : 256. (Bangkok)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Pinratana,1988 : 9, pl.6, figs.9a[b(middle)]♂,9b♀. (Bangkok)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Yamaguchi, Aoki & Akiyama,2005 : 48, fig.13,♂. (Ubon Ratchathani: Warin Chamrap)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 232, pl.88, figs.S9b♂,♂[♀]. ('Kanchanaburi' [loc.err.]; Si Racha)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 232, pl.88, figs.N45b♂,♀. ('Kanchanaburi' [loc.err.]; Si Racha)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig., Early Stages. (Chanthaburi) (accessed: 2023.06.30)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Kimura et al.,2016 : 164, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Bangkok)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Wei et al.,2017 ; 102, fig.12, M♂ (Samut Sakhon), N♀ (Bangkok, Bang Khen)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Woodfield & Murton,2006 : figs,♂,♂(Un). (Botum Sakor NP.)
Elymnias nesaea : Onodera,2007 : 23, fig.34♂. (Rattanakiri: Veun Sai)
Elymnias nesaea : Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Onodera,2022 : 128, pl.266, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Ratanakiri: Veun Sai)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Koh Kong; Pursat; Ratanakiri; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Elymnias nesaea : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 82. (Binh Duong)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Monastyrskii,2005 : 31, pl.3, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀. (C: Dac Lac or Lam Dong; S: Vinh Duong, Lai Thieu)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Nihira,2009 : 100, fig.♀. (Phu Quoc)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (S: Dong Nai)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Saito et al.,2017 : 81, fig.20. (S: Nui Cam)
Elymnias nesaea apelles : Saito et al.,2021 : 462. (Phu Quoc)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chonburi : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Chanthaburi : 2♂ 2♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Trat : 1♂ 2♀ (incl. photo by E.Ikari).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ LAOS ]
Vientiane : 1♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in lowland forests (10–350 m a.s.l.).

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H, 1902. Elymnias undularis meridionalis nov. subspec.
Societas entomologica, 16(22): 169–170. (15.Feb.1902)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1903. Neue Papilioformen und andere Lepidopteren aus Ost-Asien und dem malayischen Archipel.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris", 15(2): 306–315. (1.May.1903)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 377–384. (before 20.Jun.1911)

Wei, C-H, Lohman, D, Peggie, D. & Yen, S-H, 2017. An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Zookeys, 676: 47–152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12579


♂, Chanthaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Laola)	♀, Trat, Thailand.

1998.12.09 - 2026.03.31.