Limenitis rileyi ueharai (Tateishi, 1999)

Limenitis rileyi ueharai ♂ Up. Limenitis rileyi ueharai ♂ Un.
♂, Houaphan, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Litinga mimica ueharai Tateishi, 1999
OD : Futao 32:16, pl.3, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), text-fig.1(♂ genitalia).
TL : Xamnua, [Houaphan], Laos. (in coll. U. Tateishi)
Distribution : Laos, C.Vietnam.
Limenitis rileyi ueharai Map

Synonym

Limenitis rileyi ngoclinensis Monastyrskii, Devyatkin & Nguyen Thi Hong, 2000 : in Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, Atalanta 31:475-476, pl.xviii, figs.3(PT,♂).4(PT,♂Un). TL. Ngoc Linh, Kon Tum, C.Vietnam. (MNHN)


Type Materials Information

ueharai ;
Holotype ♂, Apr.1997. Xamnua, Laos P.D.R. (in coll. U.Tateishi)
Paratypes 3♂, Apr.1998. Xamnua, Laos P.D.R. (in coll. Uehara & Masui)
ngoclinensis ;
Holotype ♂, 25.Mar.1998. Ngoc Linh N.R., Kon Thum, C.Vietnam. A.L.Monastyrskii (MNHN)
Paratypes 5♂, same locality as the holotype. (MNHN ; NHML ; MSU)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Limenitis mimica ssp. ; Masui & Uehara,1999 : 19,22, figs.6,♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Limenitis mimica ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.60, fig.♂. (Xam Neua)
Limenitis mimica ueharai ; Nakamura et al.,2010 : 23, figs.6a♂,♂(Un). (Phou Samsoum)
Limenitis rileyi ueharai ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Limenitis rileyi ueharai ; Onodera,2022 : 40, pl.118, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Phou Samsoum)

[ VIETNAM ]
Limenitis rileyi ngoclinensis Monastyrskii, Devyatkin & Nguyen,2000 : in Atalanta 31:475, pl.xviii, figs.3(PT,♂).4(PT,♂Un). (C: Kon Tum: Ngoc Linh)
Limenitis rileyi ueharai ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (C: Kon Tum)
Limenitis rileyi ueharai ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):37-38, pl.38, figs.5a♂,5b♂(Un). (C: Kon Tum)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forest at high elevations.


Literature

Tateishi, U.,1999 : A new Subspecies of Litinga mimica (Poujade) from Xamnua, Laos P.D.R. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Futao 32:16. pl.3.

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Devyatkin, A.L.,2000 : New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera).
Atalanta 31(3/4):471-492, col.pls.18-21a


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