Sinthusa chandrana margala  Fruhstorfer, 1912

Sinthusa chandrana margala ♂ Up. Sinthusa chandrana margala ♂ Un. Sinthusa chandrana margala ♀ Up. Sinthusa chandrana margala ♀ Un.
♂, Sekong, Laos. ♀, Sekong, Laos.

ON : Sinthusa chandrana margala Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 56(3/4):228.
TL : Phuc-Son, C.Annam. (♀)
Distribution : S.Laos, Cambodia, C. & S.Vietnam.
● ssp.grotei
ssp.sophonisbe
ssp.margala
Sinthusa chandrana margala map

Synonym

Deudorix kuyaniana cholonensis Murayama, 1967 : Tyô to Ga 18(1/2):20, figs.1(HT,♂),3(HT,♂Un). TL. Cholon, S.Vietnam. (♂)


Type Material Information

cholonensis ; Holotype ♂, 31.Jan.1948. Cholon, S.Vietnam.


Records taken from Literature

[ CAMBODIA ]
Sinthusa chandrana grotei ; Kosterin,2019b : 29, fig.14,♀(Un). (Mondulkiri)
Sinthusa chandrana margala ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 123. (Mondulkiri)

[ VIETNAM ]
Sinthusa chandrana ; Monastyrskii et al.,2006 : 44. (Thua Thien Hue: A Luoi; Huong Thuy; Phong Dien; Bach Ma)
Sinthusa chandrana margala ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 69, figs.L-148,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Sinthusa chandrana margala ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 42. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Sinthusa chandrana margala ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 68. (C / S) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : Dak Cheung, 1♂ 1♀.
1♂, 2012.07.12. K.Phongpiyamit (YI) ; ♀, 2012.07.07. K.Phongpiyamit (YI).
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Notes

The relationship between ssp.margala, sophonisbe and grotei is still not clear.
I tentatively treat the population from S.Laos as ssp.margala. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

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

Murayama, S.,1967 : Three Lycaenids of the Eastern Asia, with descriptions of three new races.
Tyô to Ga 18(1/2):20-23.

Shimonoya, T. & Murayama, S.,1976 : Remarks on some Formosan Rhopalocera with descriptions of two new species, and the revision of a few scientific names
(The tenth study on the Formosan Rhopalocera collaborated by both authors)
Tyô to Ga 27(2):43-48.


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