Lethe goalpara kabruensis

Lethe goalpara kabruensis Tytler, 1947


♂, Lai Chau, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Yen Bai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Lethe goalpara kabruensis Tytler, 1939
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):246.
TL : "Naga Hills and Manipur" [Nagaland; Manipur, NE.India]. (NHML)

Distribution : Nagaland, Manipur, W.Yunnan, N.Vietnam.

Type Materials Information

Syntypes :
1♂, (ST/blue), (HT/red), Rh.18704, #933755, 9-16,Aug,[19]12, "Kabru" [Koubru], Manipur. det. P.Ackery,1972 (NHML) ; Huang, 2023 : fig.3.♂,♂(Un),label. (as Holotype);
1♂, (ST/blue), 30.Aug.[19]11. Kohima, Naga Hills. det. P.Ackery,1972 (NHML) ; Huang, 2023 : fig.4.♂,♂(Un),label. (as Paratype);
1♂, (ST/blue), 9-16,Aug,[19]12, "Kabru" [Koubru], Manipur. det. P.Ackery,1972 (NHML) ; Huang, 2023 : fig.7(top).♂,♂(Un),label. (as Paratype);
1♂, (ST/blue), Aug,[19]12, Kirbari, Naga Hills. det. P.Ackery,1972 (NHML) ; Huang, 2023 : fig.7(bottom).♂,♂(Un),label. (as Paratype).

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe goalpara goalpara ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 48, pl.10, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un). (N: Hong Lien)
Lethe goalpara goalpara ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 21. (N: Lao Cai)
Lethe goalpara goalpara ; Inayoshi,2005-2025 : Butterflies in Indo-China. (by literature) (28.Feb.2025 last updated ; 31.Mar.2025 changed.)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lai Chau : 1♂.

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

Yen Bai : 1♂.

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

Notes

Lang (2017: 46) treated the Yunnan taxon as ssp.kabruensis Tytler, 1939. Subsequently, Huang (2023: 310) suggested that the population from N. Vietnam might belong to this taxon. I agree with this opinion and provisionally treat it as ssp.kabruensis.

Literature

Tytler, H.,1939 : Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma Part 1.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):235-252.

Lang, S.Y.,2017 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera), Part II. Satyrinae (partim), Satyrini (partim), Subtribes Eritina, Ragadiina, Lethina, Parargina.
Tshikolovets. Czech Rep. 200pp, 24 col + 15 b/w plates.

Huang, H.,2023 : New or little known butterflies from China - 6 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae).
Atalanta 54(3/4):309-336.

2006.01.20 - 2025.03.31.