Orinoma damaris damaris  Gray, 1846

Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Up. Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Un. Orinoma damaris damaris ♀ Up. Orinoma damaris damaris ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Up. Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Un. Orinoma damaris damaris ♀ Up. Orinoma damaris damaris ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Orinoma damaris Gray, 1846
OD : Lep. Ins. Nepal : 14-15, pl.7, figs.2,2a.
TL : Nepal. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, Bhutan, N.India, Myanmar,
N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan, W.Guangxi.
Orinoma damaris damaris map

Synonym

Orinoma damaris harmostus Fruhstorfer, 1911 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9:310. TL. Tandong, Tenasserim.


Type Material Information

damaris : Syntype Rh.2534, Nepal. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Pinratana,1988 : 16, pl.18, fig.36,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 256, pl.100, figs.S41,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Mae Hong Son)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 256, pl.100, figs.N77,♂,♂(Un),♀. (Chiang Mai; Mae Hong Son)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai) (accessed: 2023.07.01)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 174, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Doi Inthanon)

[ LAOS ]
Orinoma damaris f. damaris ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 28. (Ban-Soui)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Masui & Uehara,1994 : 5, figs.14,♂,♂(Un). (Xiang Khouang)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 211, pl.93, fig.♂. (Xiang Khouang)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Uémura,2004 : 1-2, fig.5,map.
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Uémura,2006 : 4, fig.17,map. (Phon Savan)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Onodera,2009b : 35-36, fig.26,♂. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Onodera,2022 : 54, pl.163, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Khoun)

[ VIETNAM ]
Orinoma damaris ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 : 481-482. (Ngoc Linh)
Orinoma damaris ; Funahashi,2003 : 17. (Lao Cai: Sapa)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 75, pl.20, fig.3,♂. (N: Sa Pa / C: Ngoc Linh)
Orinoma damaris damaris ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 24. (N: Lao Cai / C: Kon Tum)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 10♂ 3♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally common in montane forests at high elevations (Alt. 1500 - 1800m). Males are territorial on trees. In flight it appears to be Parantica aglea (Danainae).


Literature

Gray, G.R.,1846 : Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman : 15 pp.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : 4. Familie: Satyridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
305-312. (23.Feb.1911)


Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Orinoma damaris damaris ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Orinoma damaris damaris ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Orinoma damaris damaris ♂
♂ (territorial behavior), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Orinoma damaris damaris ♂ Orinoma damaris damaris ♂
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1998.12.27 - 2023.07.31.

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