♂, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.
♀, Ranong, Thailand.		♀, Ranong, Thailand.

ON : Dyctis andersonii Moore, 1886 OD : J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21(126): 33, pl.3, fig.5,♂. TL : "Minthantoung" [Minthantoung, Myeik Dist., Myanmar]. (NZC) Distribution : S.Myanmar (Dawei to Myeik Dist.), P.Thailand (Phetchaburi to Nakhon Si Thammarat). ● ssp.andersonii ● ssp.esaca

Elymnias oberthüri [sic] Fruhstorfer, 1902 ; Soc. ent. 17(11): 82; TL: "Renong, Siam" [Ranong, Thailand].

♂ Type, Mergui, Burma. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 192, figs.♂,♂(Un).

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Elymnias vasudeva oberthuri : Fruhstorfer,1911 : 392. (Ranong)
Elymnias vasudeva oberthuri : Godfrey,1916 : 123. (Ranong, by literature, Seitz, 9:392)
Elymnias vasudeva oberthuri : Godfrey,1930 : 257. (Ranong)
Elymnias esaca andersonii : Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 238, pl.91, figs.S15,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong) (partim)
Elymnias esaca andersonii : Uémura,2010 : 2.
Elymnias esaca andersonii : Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 238, pl.91, figs.N51,♀,♀(Un). (Ranong) (partim)
Elymnias esaca andersonii : Kimura et al.,2016 : 165, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Ranong WF; Muang Shone)
Elymnias esaca andersonii : Sophonviwatkul et al.,2024– : Butterflies of Thailand, fig. (Chumphon) (accessed: 2024.05.06)

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Phetchaburi : 1♂ (photo by T.Aoyama & M.Hayashi).

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The butterfly is uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (600–1,000 m a.s.l.). In flight, the female is quite similar to Delias descombesi (Pieridae), and the first time I saw it, I realized after capturing it that it was Elymnias esaca.

Moore, F, 1886. List of the Lepidoptera of Mergui and Its Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson.
Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 21(126): 29–60, pls. 3–4.

Fruhstorfer, H, 1902. Neue ostasiatische [sic] Rhopaloceren.
Societas entomologica, 17(11): 81–82. (1.Sep.1902)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 385–392 ([before 27.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

♂, Phetchaburi, Thailand. (photo by T.Aoyama)

1998.12.10 - 2024.05.31.