♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Helcyra superba Leech, 1890 OD : Entomologist 23: 189-190. TL : "Chia-Kou-Ho" [Jinkouhe (Leshan), W.Sichuan]. Distribution : N.Vietnam, C. & S.China.

Helcyra superba wuiensis Yoshino, 1997 : Neo Lepidoptera 2: 5, figs.30(HT,♂), 31(HT,♂Un), 32(PT,♀), 33(PT,♀Un). TL. "Lishui, S.Zhejinang" [Lishui, Zhejiang]. (in coll. K.Yoshino)

wuiensis :
Holotype ♂, Jun.1996. Lishui, South of Zhejinang [Zhejiang], China. (in Bred) (in coll. K.Yoshino)
Paratypes 3♂, same as holotype ; 2♀, Jun.1996. Mt.Wuyi, North of Fujian. (in Bred) (in coll. K.Yoshino)

[ VIETNAM ]
Helcyra superba superba ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43. (N: Ha Giang)
Helcyra superba ; Masui,2018 : 5,16. (N.Vietnam)
Helcyra superba superba ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):65, pl.6, figs.2a♀,2b♀(Un). (N: Ha Giang)
Helcyra superba ; Masui,2025 : 308,310, pl.154, figs.♀. (N.Vietnam)

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂ 1♀.

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This is the first record from Vietnam.

Leech, J.H.,1890 : New species of lepidoptera from China.
Entomologist 23: 187-192.

Yoshino, K.,1997 : New Butterflies from China 2.
Neo Lepidoptera 2: 1-8, 66 figs.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1.
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae.
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Pardubice, Tshikolovets Publications.

Masui, A.,2018 : Revition of the genus Helcyra (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae) with description of new subspecies of Helcyra chionippe from Buru and Yapen islands.
Butterflies 77: 4-24.

2007.09.20 - 2025.12.31.