Helcyra subalba (Poujade, 1885)

Helcyra subalba ♂ Up. Helcyra subalba ♂ Un.
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Apatura subalba Poujade, 1885
OD : Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6)5:ccvii-ccviii.
TL : "Mou-Pin" [Baoxing, W.Sichuan].
Distribution : N.Vietnam, C. & S.China.
Helcyra subalba map

Synonyms

Apatura subsplendens Mell, 1923 : Deut. ent. Zeit. 156-157. TL. "Norden der Provinz [Kuangtung]" [N.Guangdong].
Chitoria subalba kashiwabarai Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace 8:7, pl.2, fig.8,♂(HT),♂(HT,Un). TL. "Hajiang" [Ha Giang], N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)


Type Materials Information

kashiwabarai :
Holotype ♂, Jul.1998. Hajiang, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)
Paratypes 12♂ 1♀, Jul.1998. Hajiang, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Chitoria subalba ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Hajiang)
Heclyra subalba kashiwabarai ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43, pl.13, fig.51,♂. (N: Ha Giang)
Heclyra subalba subalba ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):64-65, pl.6, figs.1a♂,1b♀,1c♀(Un). (N: Dong Van)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes
Literature

Poujade, G.A.,1885 : [Descriptions de deux Lepidopteres de la famille des Nymphalides appartenant an Muesum].
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (6)5:ccvii-ccviii.

Mell, R.,1923 : Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Sudchina. II.
Deut. ent. Zeit. 1923:153-160.

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Chitoria subalba Poujade, 1885 from Hajang, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2. Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8:7, pl.3.

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.


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