Elymnias saola Monastyrskii, 2004

Elymnias saola ♂ Up. Elymnias saola ♂ Un. Elymnias saola ♂ Up. Elymnias saola ♂ Un.
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

ON : Elymnias saola Monastyrskii, 2004
OD : Atalanta 35(1/2): 45–47, figs.1A(♂secual brand), 3(♂genitalia), pl.IIa, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un).
TL : Pu Mat, Nghe An, C.Vietnam. (NHML)
Distribution : N-C.Thailand, C.Vietnam.
Elymnias saola map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 24.Sep.1998, Pu Mat N.R., Nghe An prov., C.Vietnam, Quang leg. (NHML)
Paratypes : 8♂ 1♀, same locality as holotype ; 1♂, 29.Oct.1998, Xuan Lien, Thanh Hoa, C.Vietnam, A. Monastyrskii leg.


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Elymnias saola : Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Phetchabun) (accessed: 2022.01.01)
Elymnias saola : Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 29, figs.8,♂,8a♂,9,♂,♂(Un). (Phetchabun)

[ VIETNAM ]
Elymnias saola : Monastyrskii,2005 : 33, pl.5, figs.2a(HT,♂),2b(HT,♂Un). (C: Pu Mat, Xuan Lien)
Elymnias saola : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 21, pl.3, figs.9a♂,9b♂(Un),9c♀. (C: Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue)
Elymnias saola : Wei et al.,2017 : 104, fig.14, P(HT,♂). (Vietnam)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Phetchabun : 5♂ (incl. photo by S.Sophonviwatkul) ; Khao Kho dist.
2005.05.01, 1♂, S.Sophonviwatkul (photo) ; 2016.09.16, 2♂, K.Yano (KY).
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Notes

New to Thailand. The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (700 m a.s.l.).
The first discovery in Thailand was a photo taken by Supat Sophonviwatkul in Phetchabun on 01 May 2005. This species is mimic to Euploea species (Danainae).


Literature

Monastyrskii, A.L, 2004. Two new species of Nymphalidae (Satyrinae) from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera).
Atalanta 35(1/2): 45–49, col.pl.IIa.

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


Elymnias saola ♂ Elymnias saola ♂
♂, 2005.05.01. Phetchabun, Thailand.
(photo by S.Sophonviwatkul)
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
Elymnias saola ♂
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.

2005.12.13 - 2025.02.28.

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