Lamproptera meges pallidus  (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

Lamproptera meges pallidus ♂ Up. Lamproptera meges pallidus ♂ Un.
♂, Ninh Binh, Vietnam. (photo by A.M.Cotton)

ON : Leptocircus meges pallidus Fruhstorfer, 1909
OD : Soc. ent. 24(9):68.
TL : Tonkin. (NHML)
Distribution : N.Vietnam, S.E.Yunnan, Hainan.
● ssp.virescens
ssp.pallidus
ssp.annamiticus
Lamproptera meges pallidus Map

Type Materials Information

♂, Syntype (HT / red), Aug.Sept. Chiem-Hoa, Central Tonkin. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined) ;
♂, Syntype (Paratype / yellow), Aug.Sept. Chiem-Hoa, Central Tonkin. H.Fruhstorfer (NHML, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Leptocircus meges ; Joannis,1901 : 335. (Tonkin: Cao Bang)
Leptocircus meges virescens ; Jordan,1908-1909 : 108. (Tonkin) (in part)
Leptocircus meges f. virescens ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 16. (Tonkin)
Leptocircus meges virescens ; Metaye,1957 : 84. (N) (in part)
Lamproptera meges virescens ; Ikeda et al.,1998 : 17, figs.5:19,♂,20,♂(Un), 10:24(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Lamproptera meges virescens ; Shinkai,1999 : 64. (N: Tam Dao)
Lamproptera meges virescens ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 15. (N) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ninh Binh ; 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

Further distributional and taxonomic studies are needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1909 : Neue Leptocircus - Rassen.
Soc. ent. 24(9):68 ; 24(10):76.


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