ON : Helcyra miyamotoi Koiwaya, 2003 OD : Futao 43: 2, figs.1(HT,♂), 5(HT,♂Un), 9(♂genitalia). TL : Nong Het, [Xiangkhouang], C.Laos. (KMNH) Distribution : Laos.

Holotype ♂, 28.Aug.2001, Nong Het, C.Laos, T. Miyamoto leg. (KMNH)

[ LAOS ]
Helcyla miyamotoi : Nakamura et al.,2009 : 25–26, figs.9a♀,9,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xieng Khouang: Nong Het)
Helcyla miyamotoi : Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47, pl.6, figs.Ny-155,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un).
Helcyra subalba : Masui,2018 : 6,18, figs.6i,7i(♂genitalia),30,♂. (N.E.Laos)
Helcyra miyamotoi : Masui,2025 : 314, pl.157, figs.♂,♂(Un). (N.E.Laos)

Li et al. (2026) treated this taxon as a subspecies of Helcyra subalba. However, given the pronounced differences in markings and other characters, I here treat it as a distinct species pending more comprehensive analyses.

Koiwaya, S, 2003. A new species of the genus Helcyra Felder (Nymphalidae) from Laos.
Futao, 43: 2–4.

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.

Li, H-Z, Wu, Z-J. & Li, J, 2026. Taxonomic notes on Helcyra Felder, 1860 group II, with a description of a new subspecies from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Zootaxa, 5884(3): 554–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5884.3.9

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