♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii Morita, 1998 OD : Wallace 4(2):14-15, pl.13, fig.(HT,♂), (HT,♂Un), pl.14, fig.(AT,♀), (AT,♀Un). TL : Mt. Pia Oac, N.Vietnam. (♂, in coll. Morita) Distribution : Laos, N.Vietnam, S.E.Yunnan. ● ssp.shinkaii ● ssp.eminens

Holotype ♂, 23.Apr.1995. Mt.Pia Oac, alt.1911m. A.Shinkai leg. (in coll. Morita)
Paratypes : ♀ (allotype), 27.Aug.1998. Mt.Tam Dao, alt.1400m, N.Vietnam. A.Shinkai leg. (in coll. Morita) ;
1♂, Mt.Pia Oac ; 44♂ 1♀, Mt. Tam Dao. (in coll. Nose ; Morita ; Shinkai ; Kanmuri ; J.C.Weiss)

[ LAOS ]
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Masui & Uehara,2000 : 2-3, fig.♂,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Uehara & Masui,2002 : 110, figs.1,♂,2,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Teinopalpus aureus x Teinopalpus imperialis (Natural hybrid) ; Uehara & Masui,2002 : 110, figs.3,♂,4,♂(Un). (Xam Neua)
Teinopalpus aureus laotiana ; Racheli & Cotton,2009 : 57-59. ('S.Laos' [ =maybe China(Guangxi)? ])
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 41.

[ VIETNAM ]
Teinopalpus aureus ; Shinkai,1996 : 45,pl.16, figs.1,♂,♂(Un). (Mt.Pia Oac)
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Shinkai,1999 : 58-59. (N: Mt.Pia Oac)
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 75-76, pl.24, figs.a♂,b♀. (N: Pia Oac; Tam Dao)
Teinopalpus aureus eminens ; Monastyrskii,2007 : 75-76. (C: Vu Quang) (in part)
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Racheli & Cotton,2009 : 57-59, figs.♀,♀(Un). (N: Tam Dao)
Teinopalpus aureus shinkaii ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 13. (N: Cao Bang; Vinh Phuc / C: Ha Tinh)

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 3♂ 3♀ (photo by K.Saito).

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Collard,2007 described ssp.laotiana from 'Sekong, Laos', however it is considered to have been described based on incorrect data as Racheli & Cotton, 2009 mentioned,

Shinkai, A.,1996 : Records of Teinopalpus.imperialis, T.aureus and Graphium phidias in Mt,PiaOac.N.Vietnam.
Wallace 2:45.

Morita, S.,1998 : A new subspecies of Teinopalpus aureus Mell, 1923 from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).
Wallace 4(2):14-15, pl.13-14.

Masui, A. & Uehara, J.,2000 : Butterflies recently collected from Lao P.D.R. (7)
Gekkan-Mushi 352:2-3.

Uehara, J. & Masui, A.,2002 : A natural hybrid between Teinopalpus imperialis and T. aureus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from northern Laos
Tyô to Ga 53(2):110-112.

Collard, S.,2007 : Description d'une nouvelle sous-espece de Teinopalpus aureus (Mell 1923) du Laos (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).
Lambillionea 107:403-406.

Racheli, T. & Cotton, A.M.,2009 : Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. PAPILIONIDAE part 1. subfamily Papilioninae. Tribes Leptocircini Teinopalpini.
70 pp, colour illus, maps. Omnes Artes, Milano.

Hu, S.J, Cotton, A.M., Lamas, G, Duan, K. & Zhang, X.,2023 : Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies
Zootaxa 5362(1):001-069.

1996.10.08 - 2023.11.30.