♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Aphnaeus syama sepulveda Fruhstorfer, 1912 OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):217. TL : "West- und Central-China". Distribution : N. Vietnam, China, Hainan, Hong Kong. ● ssp.peguanus ● ssp.sepulveda ● ssp.terana

Aphnaeus syama latipicta Fruhstorfer, 1912 : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):217. TL. Chiem Hoa, "Tonkin" [N. Vietnam].

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Aphnaeus syama ; Lemée,1950 : 20. (Hagiang)
Aphnaeus syama latipicta ; Seitz,1924-1927 : 936. (Tonkin)
Aphnaeus syama latipicta ; Metaye,1957 : 89. (N)
Cigaritis syama latipicta ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 56. (N: Tuyen Quang; Ha Giang; Bac Can)

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂ 1♀.

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I consider the taxon latipicta to be a synonym of sepulveda. This taxon is only found in northern Vietnam, near Chinese border.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors.
Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):197-272, 4 figs. (Apr.1912)

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song. L. & Grishin, N. V.,2023 : Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics
The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11(3):1-93.

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