Amblopala avidiena nepalica Eliot, 1987

Amblopala avidiena nepalica ♂ Up. Amblopala avidiena nepalica ♂ Un. Amblopala avidiena nepalica ♂ Up. Amblopala avidiena nepalica ♂ Un.
♂, Yen Bai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♂, 2020.04.--. Yen Bai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Amblopala avidiena nepalica Eliot, 1987
OD : Tyô to Ga 38(1):26-27, figs.6(HT,♂), 7(HT,♂Un), 13(♂ genitalia).
TL : Jhomochoke, Kathmandu area, Nepal. (NHML)
Distribution : Nepal, N.Vietnam.
Amblopala avidiena nepalica map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 29.Mar.1986. Jhomochoke, 2120m, Kathmandu area, Nepal. C.Smith (NHML)
Paratypes : 5♂, same locality as holotype (NHML ; NHMK ; PNCM)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Amblopala avidiena nepalica ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022b : 29, figs.32,♂,32v♂(Un),33,♂,33v♂(Un). (Yen Bai: Mucang Chai)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Yen Bai : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The population from N.Vietnam is similar to ssp.nepalica from Nepal. We tentatively treat it as this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Eliot, J.N.,1987 : On Some Butterflies from Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand.
Tyô to Ga 38(1):21-29.


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