♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
♀, Ha Giang, 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 : Emei Shan, Sichuan, China. Distribution : N.Vietnam, Sichuan.

Holotype ♂, Jul.1982. Emei Shan, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya)
Paratypes :
1♀ (Allotype), Jul.1982. Emei Shan, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya)
57♂ 9♀, Emei Shan, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 3♂ 11♀, Qingchengshan, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 55♂ 2♀, Kangding, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ;
1♀, Gongga Shan, Sichuan. (in coll. S.Koiwaya) ; 1♂, Ginfushan, Nanchuan, Sichuan. (ZSBS)

[ VIETNAM ]
Aporia gigantea ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Hajiang)
Aporia gigantea ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 16. (N: Ha Giang; Lao Cai)

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Ha Giang : 1♀.

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The population in N.Vietnam is also rather highly variable. I tentatively treat it as the nominotypical subspecies, but further taxonomic study is needed.

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 - 2022.05.31.