♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.
♂, Tak, Thailand.		♀, Tak, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.		♂, Nan, Thailand.

ON : Elymnias vasudeva Moore, [1858] OD : In: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. East-India Co. 1: 238. TL : "Darjeeling" [Darjeeling, W.Bengal, India]. (NHML) Distribution : India to Myanmar, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.

Elymnias thycana Wallace, 1869 ; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 17(4):323–324; TL: India. (NHML)
Mimedellias deva Moore, 1894 ; Lep. Ind. 2(19): 167–168, pl.142, figs. 2,♂, 2a♀; TL: 'Assam; Khasia Hills [Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India]'. (NHML)
Mimadelias burmensis Moore, 1894 ; Lep. Ind. 2(19): 168, pl.143, figs.1,♂, 1a♂(Un), 1b,♀, 1c,♀(Un); TL: 'Burma; Tenasserim' [Myanmar; Tanintharyi, Myanmar]. (NHML)
Elymnias vacudera [sic] sinensis Chou, Zhang & Xie, 2000 ; Entomotaxonomia 22(3): 224, figs.7,♂, 8,♂(Un); TL: Yunnan. (Entomological Museum, North west Sci-Tech University)

vasudeva ; ♂, Type (red), Rh5093, Darjiling. (NHML, examined)
thycana ; ♂, Type (red), Rh5094, India. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), Rh5095, E.India. (NHML, examined)
deva ; ♂, Type (red), Rh5096, Assam. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), Rh5097, Khasia Hills. (NHML, examined)
burmensis ; ♀, Type (red), Rh5098, Taoo, 3–5000 ft. (NHML, examined)
sinensis ; Holotype ♂, Yunnan, Xie Weimin ; Paratypes 1♂ 1♀, Yunnan. (Entomological Museum, North west Sci-Tech University)

[ THAILAND ]
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Pinratana,1988 : 10, pl.9, figs.13,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai; Nakhon Nayok)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Katsuyama et al.,2005 : 68, fig.113,♀. (Umphang)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 238, pl.91, figs.S14,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Elymnias vasudeva oberthuri : Uémura,2010 : 2.
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 236, pl.90, figs.N50,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai)
Elymnias vasudeva : Sophonviwatkul et al.,2015– : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.06.30)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Kimura et al.,2016 : 165, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Dao; Doi Suthep; Phu Khiewo)
Elymnias vasudeva : Wei et al.,2017 ; 92, fig.2, D♂ (Kanchanaburi: Sri Sawat), E♀ (Chaiyaphum: Phu Khieo), J♂(Kanchanaburi)

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Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Masui & Uehara,1994 : 8, pl.2, figs.8,♂,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Osada et al.,1999 : 210, pl.86, fig.♂. (Lak Sao)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Uémura,2003 : 2, fig.11,map.
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Uémura,2006 : 2, fig.7,map. (Nha Hin)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Uémura,2007 : 1, fig.1,map. (near Ban Lat Khoay)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Uémura,2011 : 1. (C: Nahin Pass; near border to Vietnam)
Elymnias vasudeva : Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Elymnias vasudeva : Onodera,2022 : 53, pl.157, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Vientiane: Vang Vieng; Oudomxai)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Elymnias vasudeva : Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115, fig.1D. (Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Monastyrskii,2005 : 34–35, not fig. (list only)
Elymnias vasudeva : Miyazaki et al.,2007c : 39, fig.S-53,♂. (Lam Dong: near Bao Loc)
Elymnias vasudeva : Miyazaki et al.,2010 : 24, fig.S-53,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Madagui)
Elymnias vasudeva burmensis : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 21. (by literature)

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Mae Hong Son : 1♂ (photo).

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Chiang Mai : 14♂ 1♀ (incl. photo).

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The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at low to moderate elevations (400–1,300 m a.s.l.). Males occasionally come to the banks of streams and puddles to suck water. In flight, it is very similar to Delias pasithoe (Pieridae).

Moore, F, [1858]. In: Horsfield, T. & F. Moore, A catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Vol.1.
W.H. Allen and Co., London, v + 278 pp., 12 pls.

Wallace, A.R, 1869. Notes on Eastern Butterflies ; (continued).
Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 17(4): 321–349.

Moore, F, 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. vol.2. Rhopalocera. Family Nymphalidae.
Lovell Reeve & Co., London, 2(19): 161–176, pls. 139–146. (1894)

Chou, I, Zhang, Y-L. & Xie, W-M, 2000. New species, subspecies and new records of butterflies from China I.
Entomotaxonomia, 22(3): 223–228.

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

♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.	♂, Phetchabun, Thailand.
♂, Nan, Thailand.

1998.12.10 - 2025.11.30.