Calinaga buddha bedoci

Calinaga buddha bedoci Le Cherf, 1927


♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

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


♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)		♀, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : * Calinaga buddha bedoci Le Cerf, 1927
OD : Encyc. ent. Ser.B.III. Lep. 2:45, t.4, fig.7,♂.
TL : Haut-Tonkin.

Distribution : E.Laos, N.Vietnam.

Synonym

Calinaga buddha sapaensis Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace 8:9, pl.3, fig.12, Holotype ♂(Up & Un). TL. Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam.

Type Materials Information

sapaensis ;
Holotype ♂, Apr.1992. Sapa, alt.2000m, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. Funahashi)
Paratypes : 20♂ 5♀, Apr.1992. Sapa, alt.2000m, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. Funahashi)

Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Calinaga buddha sudassana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 209, pl.84, figs.♂,♂. (Lak Sao)
Calinaga sudassana distans ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 47.

[ VIETNAM ]
Calinaga buddha bedoci ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (N: Lao Cai)

Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 2♂ 1♀ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Lao Cai : 3♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yen Bai : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

Examples from E.Laos have similar markings to sudassana sudassana, however the shape of the hindwing is different. I regard taxon of N.Vietnam and E.Laos as subspecies of buddha provisionally. Further study is needed to all species of Calinaga by DNA analysis.

Literature

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Calinaga buddha Moore, 1857 from Sapa, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2., Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8:9, pl.3.

2020.01.31.