Cameroon Highlands, Malaysia; 2/82 ssp erebus female |
Bali, Indonesia ssp nyx female |
Females are shown above, the male being entirely black. Widespread but quite local. Found from the Malay peninsula south and east through Indonesia to Java and Borneo. Nine or ten subspecies are recognized, a few considered to be rather rare.
erebus - Malay Peninsula
henricus - N Sumatra
petronius - Nias
smedleyi - Mentawei
solokanus - S Sumatra
noctis - Borneo
banjermasina - S Borneo
nox - Java
nyx - Bali