ON : Halpe submacula Leech,1890 OD : Entomologist 23:48. TL : Chang Yang, China. (♂, NHML) Distribution : C.Vietnam, Guizhou, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Chongqing.

Thoressa similissima Devyatkin, 2002 : Atalanta 33(1/2):127-129, col.pl.4, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un). TL. Ben En, Thanh Hoa, N.Vietnam. (♂, MSU)

similissima ;
Holotype ♂, 17.Nov.1998. Ben En, Thanh Hoa, N.Vietnam. Frontier expedition. (MSU)
Paratypes : 6♂, Phu Mat, Nghe An, C.Vietnam ; 1♂, Vu Quang, Ha Tinh, C.Vietnam ; 5♂, Huong Son, Ha Tinh, C.Vietnam.

[ VIETNAM ]
Thoressa similissima ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 77. (C) (in part)
Pedesta similissima ; Li et al.,2020 : 218-220, fig.26,a(HT,♂),b(HT,♂Un),c(label),d-g(♂genitalia), fig.27a-n,p(♂genitalia). (N: Ben En / C: Pu Mat; Huong Son)

Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Leech, J.H.,1890 : New species of lepidoptera from China.
Entomologist 23:26-50.

Devyatkin, A.L.,2002 : Hesperiidae of Vietnam 11. New taxa of the subfamily Hesperiinae (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 33(1/2):127-135, 1 col.pl.

Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Jin, J., Kizhakke, A.G., Wang, M., Kunte, K. & Fan, X.L.,2019 :
A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography
Syst. Entomol. 44:163–178.

Li, M., Monastyrkii [sic], A.L., Kolesnichenko, K.A., Liu, Z., Xue, G, Long J. and Tang, H.,2020 :
Morphological and molecular characters reveal the status of Pedesta rubella (Devyatkin, 1996) stat. n. and P. similissima (Devyatkin, 2002) syn. n. (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Zootaxa 4743(2):217–231.

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