Nymphalis chinensis

Nymphalis chinensis (Leech, 1892)


♂, 2006.07.19. Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Vanessa urticae var. chinensis Leech, 1892
OD : Butts. China Japan Corea (2): 258.
TL : "Western China".

Distribution : S. & E.Tibet, N.Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, S.Gansu, N.Vietnam.

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Aglais chinensis ; Saito et al.,2011 : 48, figs.4A♂,4B♂(Un). (Ha Giang: Dong Van)
Aglais urtica chinensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 32. (by literature)
Aglais urtica chinensis ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):107-108, pl.26, figs.4a♂,4b♂(Un). (N: Ha Giang; Tam Dao)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : Don Van. 2006.07.19. 1♂ LC (KS)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

The figured specimen shown above is the first discovery in Vietnam.
Zhang et al. (2020) treated Aglais as a subgenus of Nymphalis.
There are several different opinions on the classification of subgenus Aglais. Here the taxon chinensis is tentatively treated as a separate species. Further taxonomic studies are required.

Literature

Leech, J.H.,1892 : Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea.
London, Priv. Publ. 6 parts, (2): 115 [sic!]-286 [sic!] (Nov.1892).

Lang, S.Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1.
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae.
456 pp, 32 col. + 41 black&white pls. Pardubice, Tshikolovets Publications.

Bozano, G.C. & Floriani, A.,2012 : In: Bozano, G.C. (Ed.), Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Nymphalidae part 5, Subfamily Nymphalinae.
Milano, Omnes Artes. 90 pp.

Wu, C.S. & Hsu, Y.F.,2017 : Butterflies of China. vol. 2, Nymphalidae.
509 pp (331 col. pls.), The Straits Publishing House, Fuzhou.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V.,2020 : Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names.
Taxon. Rep. Int. Lep. Survey 8(7): 1-41.

2008.02.29 - 2025.06.30.