Choaspes benjaminii japonicus   (Murray,1875)
Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Up. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Un. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Up. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Un.
♂, 1991.03.03. Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂, 1991.04.--. Doi Pomeun, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Up. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Un. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Up. Choaspes benjaminii japonicus male Un.
♂, 1993.03.19. Doi Phu Kha, Nan, Thailand. ♂, 1994.03.16. Ya Mo Kwi, Umphang, Thailand.

ON : Ismene benjaminii var.japonica  Murray,1875
OD : Ent. mon. Mag. 12:4.
TL : Japan. (♂, BMNH)


Distribution : W.Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Formosa, [Palawan]. 		Choaspes benjaminii japonicus map
Synonym

Rhopalocampta benjaminii formosana  Fruhstorfer,1911 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25:78.  TL. Chip-Chip, Formosa. (BMNH)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Evans,1949 : 75. (Siam)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Pinratana,1985 : 23, pl.7, fig.25,♂ ;
  pl.8, [fig.27,♂(Un) as Choaspes xanthopogon ]. (Chiang Mai / Nakhon Ratchasima)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Tsukiyama,1992 ; 26, pl.1, fig.1-1b♀, 1-3b♂. (Chiang Mai: Fang)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 740, pl.339, fig.H31,♂,♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀[♂],♀[♂](Un),♀[♂](Un) ;
  pl.338, [fig.29a,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un), as Choaspes plateni caudatus ] ; pl.340, [fig.H33,♂,♂(Un),♂(Un), as Choaspes xanthopogon ]. (Chiang Mai / Mae Tha)
Choaspes benjaminii japonicus ; Chiba,2009 : 39-40, pl.17, fig.8♂,9♀. (Chiang Dao / Fang / Melanoung)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 29, fig.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Pha Hom Pok)

[ LAOS ]
Choaspes benjaminii formosana ; Masui & Uehara,1994 ; 7, fig.48. (Xiang Khouang)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 221, pl.132, figs.♂,♀. (Oudomxay / Xam Neua)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Onodera,2009b : 35-36. (Xieng Kouang: Muang Kham)

[ VIETNAM ]
Rhopalocampta benjamini benjamini (sic) ; Seitz,1927 : 1055. (Tonkin)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Evans,1949 : 75. (Tonkin)
Rhopalocampta benjamini (sic) ; Lemee,1950 : 24. (Backan)
Rhopalocampta benjamini benjamini (sic) ; Metaye,1957 : 78. (North)
Choaspes benjamini (sic) ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong)
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007b ; 3, fig.H-11,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Choaspes benjaminii japonicus ; Chiba,2009 : 39-40, pl.17, fig.8♂,9♀. (Tuyen Quang [Cochin] / "Tonkin")

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
 Chiang Mai, Doi Pomeun.    1991.03.09   1♂    Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Pomeun.    1989.04.--   2♂    P.Sukkit (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Pomeun.    1991.04.--   1♂    Local Catcher (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep.    1991.03.03   2♂    Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep.    1988.03.04   1♂    Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep.    1992.03.26   1♂    Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep.    1984.04.14   1♂    Y.Inayoshi (YI)
 Nan, Doi Phu Kha.          1993.03.19   1♂    Local Catcher (YI)
 Umphang, Ya Mo Kwi.        1994.03.16   1♂    Local Catcher (YI)
Notes
Literature

Murray, R.R.P.,1875 : Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera, with Description of a new species.
Ent. mon. Mag. 12:2-4.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1911 : Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 25(2-6):9-79, pl.1.
1999.07.31 - 2011.11.30.