Neptis nashona tamamitsui

Neptis nashona tamamitsui Saito & Inayoshi, 2014


♂, 2012.05.04. Quang Son, Dak Nong, Vietnam. Holotype (photo by K.Saito)		♀, 2003.01.02. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Neptis nashona tamamitsui Saito & Inayoshi,2014
OD : Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65:8, figs.41(HT,♂), 42(PT,♀).
TL : Quang Son, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. (RIEB)

Distribution : C.Vietnam (Thua Thien Hue to Lam Dong).

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

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 04.May.2012. Quang Son, alt.900m, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. T.Saito leg. (RIEB, examined)
Paratypes : 5♂ 4♀, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito) ; 1♀, Quang Son, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis nashona ssp. ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 22, figs.N-52,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (C: Thua Thien Hue; Lam Dong) (in part)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76-77, pl.49, figs.2d♀,2e♀(Un). (C: Nam Dong; Huong Thuy; Lam Dong) (in part)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Nong : 1♂ 1♀ (type series).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Lam Dong : 5♂ 4♀ (type series).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

Monastyrskii (2019) regarded all taxa of nashona in Vietnam as ssp.aagaardi, however the figured specimens in pl.49, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un) from N.Vietnam are Neptis cartica. We consider ssp.tamamitsui and ssp.kishii are valid subspecies.

Literature

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2014 : Some notes of Limenitidinae from Indochina.
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65:4-19.

2014.07.05 - 2024.04.30.