Lexias pardalis eleanor (Fruhstorfer, 1898)

Lexias pardalis eleanor ♀ Up. Lexias pardalis eleanor ♀ Un. Lexias pardalis eleanor ♀ Up. Lexias pardalis eleanor ♀ Un.
♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Adolias dirtea eleanor Fruhstorfer, 1898
OD : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 11:173-174.
TL : "Vanbu, Upper-Tonkin" [Van Ban, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam]. (MNHN)
Distribution : N.Vietnam, Guangxi.
● ssp.jadeitina
ssp.eleanor
ssp.dirteana
Lexias pardalis eleanor map

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia dirtea eleanor ; Fruhstorfer,1913 : 687. (Tonkin: Vanbu; Chiem Hoa) (in part)
Euthalia eleanor ; Vitalis de Salvaza,1919 : 232. (Tonkin)
Euthalia dirtea f. eleanor ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 44. (Tonkin)
Euthalia dirtea eleanor ; Lemée,1950 : 15. (N)
Euthalia dirtea eleanor ; Metaye,1957 : 97. (N) (in part)
Lexias pardalis eleanor ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.6:11,♀,12,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lexias pardalis ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 68, figs.♂,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lexias pardalis eleanor ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 41. (N) (in part)
Lexias pardalis eleanor ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):149, pl.76, figs.1a♀,1b♂. (N: Ba Be; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong; Pu Luong / C: Ben En) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vinh Phuc : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The yellow spots on the upperside of the female are much smaller than those of ssp.jadeitina and are similar to ssp.dirteana. Males are indistinguishable from ssp.jadeitina, but can be distinguished from ssp.dirteana by the brighter blue band on the UpH.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1898 : Monographische Revision der Nymphaliden-Gruppe Symphaedra und Adolias.
Deut. ent. Zeit [Iris] 11(1):160-208. (10.Aug.1898)


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