ON :
Neptis nashona chapa Eliot,1969 OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15:95, pl.2, fig.17,♂. TL : Chapa [Sa Pa], 'Cochin China' recte Tonkin. (♂, NHML) Distribution : [? Lao Cai, N.Vietnam].
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♂ Holotype, Oct.1935. Chapa [Sa Pa], 'Cochin China' [recte Tonkin]. S.Masseyeff. (NHML)
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Neptis nashona chapa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N) (in part)
Neptis nashona chapa ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76-77. (N: Sa Pa)
This is a mysterious subspecies. Hitherto, a single male holotype is known. I suspect that the type locality of this species might be incorrect and maybe is not from N.Vietnam. Further taxonomic study is needed.
Eliot, J.N.,1969 : An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Supple.15. London.
2006.06.10 - 2022.07.31.
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