Aporia gigantea gigantea   Koiwaya,1993
Aporia gigantea ♂ Up. Aporia gigantea ♂ Un. Aporia gigantea ♀ Up. Aporia gigantea ♀ Un.
♂, 2005.06.--. Sapa, Lao Cai, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito )		 ♀, 2005.06.--. Sapa, Lao Cai, Vietnam.
( photo by K.Saito )

ON : Aporia gigantea  Koiwaya,1993
OD : Studies of Chinese Butterflies 2:91-95, col.pl.26,figs.166-171,
col.pl.27,figs.174-181, figs.296-304, 338,map.
TL : Sichuan, China.


Distribution : N.Vietnam, China. 		gigantea map
Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Emei Shan, Sichuan. 1982.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya)
Paratypes :
1♀(Allotype), Emei Shan, Sichuan. 1982.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya)
1♂ 1♀, Emei Shan, Sichuan. 1981.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 56♂ 8♀, Emei Shan, Sichuan. 1982.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ;
3♂ 11♀, Qingchengshan, Sichuan. 1986.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 1♀, Kangding, Sichuan. 1980.Aug. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ;
1♀, Kangding, Sichuan. 1981.June. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 55♂, Kangding, Sichuan. 1986.July. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ;
1♀, Gongga Shan, Sichuan. 1990.June.24. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 1♂, Ginfushan, Nanchuan, Sichuan. (ZSBS)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Aporia gigantea ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Hajiang)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai, Sapa.
 2005.06.--
 1♂
 1♀
 Local Catcher (KS)

Notes
Literature

Koiwaya, S.,1993 :
Descriptions of Three New Genera, Eleven New Species and Seven New Subspecies of Butterflies from China.
Studies of Chinese Butterflies 2:43-111, col.pl.9-27.
2009.08.10.