Dodona katerina

Dodona katerina Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000


♂, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam.		♀, Dak Lak, Vietnam.

♂, Dak Lak, Vietnam.		♀, Dak Lak, Vietnam.

♂, Houaphan, Laos.		♂, Houaphan, Laos.

ON : Dodona katerina Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000
OD : Atalanta 31(3/4): 486-488, pl.21a, figs.1(HT,♂),2(HT,♂Un).
TL : Kon Ka Kinh, C.Vietnam. (MSU)
Distribution : Laos, Vietnam.

Synonym

Dodona katerina sombra Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2003 : Atalanta 34(1/2):103-104, pl.9, figs.5(HT,♂),6(HT,♂Un). TL.Vu Quang, C.Vietnam.

Type Materials Information

katerina ;
Holotype ♂, C.Vietnam, Gia Lai Prov., Kon Ka Kinh Nature Reserve, 1500m, 3.IV.1999. A.L.Monastyrskii (MSU)
Paratypes : same locality as the Holotype. (NHML & MSU)
1♂, 1999.03.25, 1700m, A.L.Monastyrskii ; 1♀, 1999.04.20, 1600m, A.L.Monastyrskii ; 1♀, 1999.04.03, 1500m, A.L.Monastyrskii

sobrina ; Holotype ♂, Central Vietnam, Ha Tinh Prov., Vu Quang Nature Reserve, 1500m, 5.IV.2000. A.L.Monastyrskii

Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Dodona dipoea ssp. ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 ; 213, pl.103, fig.♀(Un). (Xam Neua)
Dodona katerina katerina ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 50, pl.11, figs.Ri-9,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Phou Pan)
Dodona katerina ; Nakamura,2019 : 38, figs.6A♂,6B♂(Un),6C♀,6D♀(Un). (Houa Phan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Dodona katerina ; Callaghan,2009 : 65-67, figs.4,♂,♂(Un),5,♀,♀(Un). (N: Huang Lien So; Nha Trang / C: Vu Quang; Kon Ka Kinh)
Dodona katerina katerina ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (N: Gia Lai)
Dodona katerina sombra ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 45. (C: Ha Tinh)

Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Houaphan : 2♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 4♂ 1♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Dak Lak : 1♂ 3♀.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Thua Thien Hue : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes
This species is highly individual variable, and taxon sombre is considered to be included in the variation of 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.

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Devyatkin, A.L.,2003 : New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam, 2 (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera).
Atalanta 34(1/2):75-109, col.pls.5-9.

Callaghan, C. J.,2009 : The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera).
J. Lep. Soc. 63(2):61-82. 64 figs.

Nakamura, N.,2019 : Notes on several species of genus Dodona Hewitson,1861 occurring in Indochina (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera), including the description of a new subspecies of D.phuongi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2000 stat.n.
Butterflies 81:22-47.

Y.Inayoshi & K.Saito, 2009.07.31 - 2021.08.31.