Delias vietnamensis vietnamensis  Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000

Delias vietnamensis vietnamensis ♂ Up. Delias vietnamensis vietnamensis ♂ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Delias vietnamensis Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
OD : Atalanta 31(3/4):473-474, pl.18, figs.1(HT,♂),2(HT,♂Un).
TL : Kon Ka Kinh, Gia Lai, Central Vietnam. (NHML)
Distribution : C.Vietnam.
● ssp.vietnamensis
ssp.pequini
Delias vietnamensis vietnamensis map

Synonym

Delias vietnamensis yasusukei Morita, 2003 : Futao 45:11-12, figs.1(HT,♂),2(HT,♂Un),3(PT,♀),4(PT,♀Un). TL. Dalat, S.Vietnam.


Type Materials Information

vietnamensis ;
Holotype ♂, 07.Apr.1999. Kon Ka Kinh, 1300m, Gia Lai, Central Vietnam. A.L.Monastyrskii (NHML)
Paratypes : 5♂, same data as holotype, 1300-1500m, A.L.Monastyrskii (NHML ; MSU ; EMEM)
yasusukei ;
Holotype ♂, Mar.-Apr.2001. Dalat, S.Vietnam. (in coll. S.Morita)
Allotype ♀, Apr.2001. Dalet, S.Vietnam.
Paratypes 12♂ 4♀, same locality as holotype.


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Delias vietnamensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : 80. (Lam Dong: Long Lanh)
Delias vietnamensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 15, pl.1, fig.4a♂,4b♀. (C: Gia Lai; Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The markings of the nominotypical subspecies are rather variable, and the characteristics of yasusukei are included in this range of variation. Therefore, we treat yasusukei as a synonym of the nominotypical subspecies.


Literature

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Devyatkin, A.L.,2000 : New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera).
Atalanta 31(3/4):471-492, col.pls.18-21a.

Morita, S.,2003 : Three new subspecies of the genus Delias (Hübner, 1849) from Vietnam and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Futao 45:11-13.


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