♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂, Kon Tum, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Kon Tum, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Chrysozephyrus alienus Koiwaya & Monastyrskii, 2010 OD : Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 56:6, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♀), 4(PT,♀Un), 5-7(♂,♀genitalia). TL : Bi Doup-Nui Ba, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (♂, KMNH) Distribution : C.Vietnam.

Holotype ♂, 5.May.2009. Bi Doup-Nui Ba, 1550m, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (KMNH)
Paratypes : 8♂ 10♀, same locality as holotype. (NHML ; KMNH ; RIEB ; VRTC)

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Chrysozephyrus alienus ; Hasegawa et al.,2017 : 391, figs.1-4(♂,♀),10-16(Egg),17-24(Larva),25-30(Pupa). (Bi Doup-Nui Ba)

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Kon Tum : 3♂.

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The specimens from Kon Tum have a slightly narrower marginal border on the UpF, but this seems to be within a variation of this taxon. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Koiwaya, S. & Monastyrskii, A.L,2010 : Descriptions of a new species of the genus Shirôzuozephyrus Koiwaya,2007 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Da Lat plateau C.Vietnam
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 56:4-8.

Saito, K. & Hasegawa, T.,2016 : Description of a new species of the subtribe Theclina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Central Vietnam
Butterflies 72:46-48.

Hasegawa, T., Saito, K., Vu, V.L., Miyagawa, T., Kubota, A. & Yokochi, T.,2017 :
Life History of Chrysozephyrus alienus (Koiwaya & Monastyrskii,2010) (Lepidoptera) in Central Vietnam
Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 39(3):391-395.

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