Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis

Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1902

ON : Elymnias undularis meridionalis Fruhstorfer, 1902
OD : Soc. ent. 16(22):169.
TL : "Xom-Gom, Süd-Annam" [near Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan, S.Vietnam] ;
Saigon, "Cochinchina" [S.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Distribution : Cambodia, C. to S.Vietnam.

	● ssp.tinctoria
	● ssp.hainana
	● ssp.violetta
	● ssp.meridionalis
	● ssp.robinsona

Synonym

Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ♀forma orphina Fruhstorfer, 1907 : Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3):179. TL. "Xom-Gom, Süd-Annam" [near Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan, S.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

meridionalis ; 1♂ 1♀, Type (red), Februar, Xom-Gom, Sud-Annam, H.Fruhstorfer. (NHML, examined)
orphina ; ♀, Type (red), Februar, Xom-Gom, Sud-Annam, H.Fruhstorfer. (NHML, examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ CAMBODIA ]
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Woodfield & Murton,2006 : figs,♀,♀(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Botum Sakor NP.)
Elymnias hypermnestra ; Onodera,2007 : 27, fig.36,♂. (Siem Reap: Phnum Kuhlen)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria ; Kosterin,2019 : 99. (Preah Sihanouk)
Elymnias hypermnestra tinctoria ; Kosterin,2020 : 331. (Siem Reap; Preah Vihear)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Kep; Koh Kong; Kampot; Mondulkiri; Preah Sihanouk; Pursat; Preah Vihear; Siem Reap)

[ VIETNAM ]
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Fruhstorfer,1911 : 375. (S.Annam)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis f. orphnia ; Fruhstorfer,1911 : 375. (S.Annam)
Elymnias hypermnestra undularis ; Godfrey,1919 : 466. (S: Daban)
Elymnias meridionalis ; Vitalis,1919 : 224. (Cochinchine)
Elymnias orphnia ; Vitalis,1919 : 225. (Tonkin)
Elymnias hypermnestra f. meridionalis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (S.Annam)
Elymnias hypermnestra f. undularis ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (Cochinchine: Saigon)
Elymnias undularis ; Lemée,1950 : 64. (Saigon)
Elymnias hypermnestra undularis ; Metaye,1957 : 104. (C / S)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Metaye,1957 : 104. (C / S)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis f. orphnia ; Metaye,1957 : 104. (C)
Elymnias hypermnestra ; Vu,2003 : 57. (Phu Quoc)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 29-31, pl.4, figs.1d♂,1e♂(Un),1f♀. (Dac Lac; Lam Dong; Hon Ba; Nui Chua; Tan Phu; Cat Tien; Lo Go Sa Mat)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 28, fig.S-8♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Bao Loc; Dong Nai: Thac Mai; Bin Thuan: Dong Tien; Ho Chi Minh)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Nihira,2009 : 100. (Phu Quoc)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (C / S)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Saito et al.,2017 : 81. (S: Nui Cam)
Elymnias hypermnestra meridionalis ; Wei et al.,2017 ; 97, fig.7, G♀(HT of f. orphnia). (S.Vietnam)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
S.Annam : 3♂ 3♀.

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

Lam Dong : 3♀.

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

Notes

In western Cambodia, transitional individuals to the neighbouring ssp.violetta are likely to be found.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1902 : Elymnias undularis meridionalis nov. subspec.
Soc. ent. 16(22):169-170. (15.Feb.1902)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Monographie der Elymniinae.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3):157-252. (12.Oct,1907)

Riley, N.D.,1932 : Descriptions of New Siamese Rhopalocera.
J. nat. Hist. Soc. Siam Suppl. 8(4):249-254, 1 pl.

Wei, C.H., Lohman, D., Peggie, D. & Yen, S.H.,2017 : An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner,1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Zookeys 676:47-152.

1998.12.09 - 2024.03.31.