Dacalana inorthodoxa Seki & Saito, 2006

Dacalana inorthodoxa ♂ Up. Dacalana inorthodoxa ♂ Un. Dacalana inorthodoxa ♀ Up. Dacalana inorthodoxa ♀ Un.
♂, Sapa, Lao Cai, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Sapa, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Dacalana inorthodoxa ♂ genitalia Dacalana inorthodoxa ♂ genitalia
♂ genitalia, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Dacalana inorthodoxa Seki & Saito,2006
OD : Butterflies 42 : 38-39, figs.14(HT,♂), 15(PT,♀), 30(HT,♂Un), 31(PT,♀Un), 3(♂ genitalia).
TL : Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (in coll. Y.Seki)
Distribution : Laos, N.Vietnam.
Dacalana inorthodoxa map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Jun.2002. Sa Pa, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (in coll. Y.Seki)
Paratypes ; 1♂ 1♀, same locality as holotype. (in coll. K.Saito ; Y.Seki)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Dacalana inorthodoxa ; Saito et al.,2011 : 50, figs.15A♂,15B♂(Un), 15C♀,15D♀(Un). (Xam Neua: Phoo Pan)
Drupadia inorthodoxa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 55.
Dacalana inorthodoxa ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022 : 46, fig.74c(Map). (N)

[ VIETNAM ]
Drupadia inorthodoxa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 65, pl.15, figs.58a♂,58b♂(Un),58c♀. (N: Lao Cai)
Dacalana inorthodoxa ; Saito & Inayoshi,2022 : 46, figs.25,♂,♂(Un),26,♀,♀(Un),62(♂genitalia),72c(♂,Fore-tarsus),73g(♂,FW-venation),74c(Map). (N: Sapa)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Houa Phan : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 3♂ 2♀ (incl.Paratype).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The record of this species from Thailand by Saito & Inayoshi (2018) was a misidentification of Dacalana vui.


Literature

Seki, Y. & Saito, K.,2006 : Four New Species of Lycaenidae from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Butterflies 42 : 38-45.

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2022 : A revision of the vidura group of the genus Dacalana Moore, 1884
Butterflies 88:39-63.


2006.05.22 - 2022.08.31.

A Check list of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM. Copyright © 1996- Y.Inayoshi.