Neptis nashona chapa

Neptis nashona chapa Eliot, 1969

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].

	● ssp.nashona
	● ssp.aagaardi
	● ssp.chapa [? loc.err.]
	● ssp.kishii
	● ssp.???
	● ssp.tamamitsui

Type Material Information

♂ Holotype (Type/red), Oct.1935. Chapa [Sa Pa], 'Cochin China' [recte Tonkin]. S.Masseyeff. (NHML, photo examined.)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis nashona chapa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N) (in part)
Neptis nashona chapa ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76-77. ('N: Sa Pa')

Notes

This is a mysterious taxon. Hitherto, only the single male holotype is known. I suspect that the type locality of this species might be incorrect. According to Lang (2012), the nominotypical subspecies is distributed on the Chinese side of Sapa. In addition, a population of what appears to be the nominotypical subspecies has recently been obtained from Lai Chau (close to Sapa), N.Vietnam. I suspect that ssp.chapa may be from SE. China (e.g. Guangxi), and if in N.Vietnam, I assume the possibility of the most northeastern region (on the border with China), such as Ha Giang. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1969 : An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Supple.15. London.

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice.

2006.06.10 - 2024.04.30.