These 2 species are synonyms. Parathyma sulpitia has more observations, but neither of the 2 ostensibly global Nymphalidae references Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms or nymphalidae.net</> recognize this Parathyma. Were we to deviate by considering Parathyma distinct from Athyma, we'd need a global assessment of all Athyma species and which ones are considered Parathyma