Pintara lao lao  Maruyama & Uehara, 2008


ON : Pintara prasobsuki lao Maruyama & Uehara, 2008
OD : Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 59(4):286-288, figs.9(HT,♂), 10(HT,♂Un),
11(PT,♀), 12(PT,♀Un), 19-22(Palpi), 41-43(♂genitalia).
TL : Nakhai to Laksao 20 km, C.Laos. (♂, RIEB)
Distribution : Laos.
● ssp.lao
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Pintara lao lao map


Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 4.May.2006. Nakhai to Laksao 20km, alt.548m, C.Laos. K.Maruyama leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 1♂, Oudomxay, N.Laos; 1♂ , Xamneua, N.Laos; 2♀, Xamneua, N.Laos. (in coll. J.Uehara)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Pintara prasobsuki lao ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57, pl.25, fig.He-61,9794;(HT),♂(HT,Un),♀(PT),♀(PT,Un). (Nakhai-Laksao; Xamneua)


Notes

Ek-Amnuay,[2007] described Capila pauripunetata prasobsuki but this name is unavailable (nomen nudum) because no holotype was explicitly designated (ICZN Code art. 16.4.1) and no depository for the holotype stated (ICZN Code art. 16.4.2). Maruyama & Uehara,2008 moved prasobsuki to genus Pintara as "Pintara prasobsuki Ek-Amnuay, 2006 [sic]" and described a new subspecies Pintara prasobsuki lao Maruyama & Uehara, 2008 from Laos. Since the name prasobsuki Ek-Amnuay, [2007] is an unavailable nomen nudum the correct species name is Pintara lao Maruyama & Uehara, 2008.


Literature

Maruyama, K. & Uehara, J.,2008 : Two new species and one new subspecies of Pyrginae (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from Sumatra and Laos.
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan. 59(4):285-290.


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