Byasa nevilli (Wood-Mason, 1882)

Byasa nevilli ♂ Up. Byasa nevilli ♂ Un.
♂, 2003.04.--. Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Papilio nevilli Wood-Mason, 1882
OD : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)9: 105.
TL : "Silchar, Cachar" [Silchar, Assam]. (NHML)
Distribution : India, Myanmar, Yunnan, Sichuan, N.Vietnam.
Byasa nevilli map

Synonyms

Papilio chentsong Oberthür, 1886 : Étud. ent. 11: 13-14, pl.1, fig.1. TL. "Yerkalo" [W.China].
Papilio chentsong Ab. luctus Oberthür, 1914 : Étud. Lép. comp. 9(2): 45, pl.CCLII, fig.2133,♂. TL. "Région sino-thibétaine de Tâ-tsien-lou" [Kangding, W.Sichuan]. (IFS)
Papilio nivelli Draeseke, 1923 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 37: 55. (ISS)


Type Materials Information

chentsong ; ♂, Type (red). (NHML, examined)
luctus ; ♂, Type (red), Chasseurs indigenes de Ta-tsien-lou. (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Byasa nevilli ; Funahashi & Saito,2013 : 58, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Ha Giang: Dong Van)
Byasa nevilli ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 11. (by literature)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : Dong Van, 2003.04.--. 1♂. LC
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The specimen shown above is the first record from Vietnam.


Literature

Wood-Mason, J.,1882 :
Descriptions of two new Species of Papilio from Northeastern India, with a Preliminary Indication of an apparently new and remarkable Case of Mimicry between the two distinct Groups which they represent.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)9: 103-105.

Oberthür, C.,1886 : Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet
Étud. ent. 11: 13-38, pls.1-7.

Oberthür, C.,1914 : Lépidoptères de la région sino-thibétaine
Étud. Lép. comp. 9(2): 41-60.

Funahashi, A. & Saito, K.,2013 : A record of Byasa nevilli (Wood-Mason,1882) in Vietnam.
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 63: 58.


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